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Topological semimetals are a class of many-body systems exhibiting novel macroscopic quantum phenomena at the interplay between high energy and condensed matter physics. They display a topological quantum phase transition (TQPT) which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-02 Matteo Baggioli , Yan Liu , Xin-Meng Wu

Quantum entanglement can be an effective diagnostic tool for probing topological phases protected by global symmetries. Recently, the notion of nontrivial topology in critical systems has been proposed and is attracting growing attention.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-19 Wen-Hao Zhong , Hai-Qing Lin , Xue-Jia Yu

The entanglement and quantum correlation measures have been investigated for the ground state of a spin chain with a Kitaev-type exchange interactions on alternating bonds, along with a transverse magnetic field. There is a macroscopic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 Vimalesh Kumar Vimal , V. Subrahmanyam

The one-dimensional $p$-wave superconductor proposed by Kitaev has long been a classic example for understanding topological phase transitions through various methods, such as examining Berry phase, edge states of open chains and, in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-08-26 Yuan-Hong Tsai , Meng-Zhe Yu , Yu-Hao Hsu , Ming-Chiang Chung

Entanglement entropy provides a powerful characterization of two-dimensional gapped topological phases of quantum matter, intimately tied to their description by topological quantum field theories (TQFTs). Fracton topological orders are…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-03-08 Han Ma , A. T. Schmitz , S. A. Parameswaran , Michael Hermele , Rahul M. Nandkishore

We use an entanglement measure that respects the superselection of particle number to study the non-local properties of symmetry-protected topological edge states. Considering half-filled M-leg Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) ladders as an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-12 K. Monkman , J. Sirker

We explore the gapless topological phases of a $p$-wave superconductor, probing its rich topologically ordered phases and underlying quantum phenomena. The topological order of the system is characterized by studying its entanglement…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-30 S. Srinidhi , Shashi C. L. Srivastava , Jayendra N. Bandyopadhyay

Topological states of matter are characterized by nonlocal structures that are naturally encoded in the quantum entanglement of many-body wavefunctions. Topological semimetals are short-range entangled states at weak coupling and their…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-09 Xiantong Chen , Xuanting Ji , Ya-Wen Sun

In a recent publication, we have discussed the effects of boundary conditions in finite quantum systems and their connection with symmetries. Focusing on the one-dimensional Hubbard Hamiltonian under twisted boundary conditions, we have…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-08-01 Krissia Zawadzki , Irene D'Amico , Luiz N. Oliveira

We investigate a two-dimensional superconducting system with a smoothly and periodically varying order parameter. The order parameter is modulated along one direction while remaining uniform in the perpendicular direction, leading to a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-13 Klaus Ziegler

The celebrated Kitaev chain reveals a captivating phase diagram in the presence of various disorders, encompassing multifractal states and topological Anderson phases. In this work, we investigate the localization and topological properties…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-06-10 Jinkun Wang , Sigma-Jun Lu , Mei Xiang , Wu-Ming Liu

In this project, we study the properties of a non-trivial topological system which exhibits localized edge states. In our study, we adress the Kitaev chain, a one-dimensional chain of atoms deposited on top of a p-wave superconductor that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-07-28 Rui Carlos Andrade Martins , Anselmo Miguel Magalhães Marques , Ricardo Assis Guimarães Dias

Artificial Kitaev chains engineered from semiconducting quantum dots coupled by superconducting segments offer a promising route to realize and control Majorana bound states for topological quantum computation. We study a dimerized Kitaev…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-15 Rafael Pineda Medina , Pablo Burset , William J. Herrera

An exactly solvable Kitaev model in a two-dimensional square lattice exhibits a topological quantum phase transition which is different from the symmetry-breaking transition at zero temperature. When the ground state of a nonlinearly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 Leela Ganesh Chandra Lakkaraju , Sudip Kumar Haldar , Aditi Sen De

The Kitaev surface-code model is the most studied example of a topologically ordered phase and typically involves four-spin interactions on a two-dimensional surface. A universal signature of this phase is topological entanglement entropy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-29 Tommaso F. Demarie , Trond Linjordet , Nicolas C. Menicucci , Gavin K. Brennen

Topological phases are often characterized by special edge states confined near the boundaries by an energy gap in the bulk. On raising temperature, these edge states are lost in a clean system due to mobile thermal excitations. Recently…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-10-07 Yasaman Bahri , Ronen Vosk , Ehud Altman , Ashvin Vishwanath

Topological states of matter are promising resources for composing fault-tolerant quantum computers, advancing beyond the limitations of current noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices. To enable this progress, a deep understanding of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-25 Takanori Sugimoto

We investigate the topological-to-non-topological quantum phase transitions (QPTs) occurring in the Kitaev code under local perturbations in the form of local magnetic field and spin-spin interactions of the Ising-type using fidelity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Harikrishnan K J , Amit Kumar Pal

A two-dimensional superconductor with spin-triplet p-wave pairing supports chiral or helical Majorana edge modes with a quantized (length $L$-independent) thermal conductance. Sufficiently strong anisotropy removes both chirality and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-06-26 M. Diez , I. C. Fulga , D. I. Pikulin , J. Tworzydlo , C. W. J. Beenakker

Quantum entanglement is a particularly useful characterization of topological orders which lack conventional order parameters. In this work, we study the entanglement in topologically ordered states between two arbitrary spatial regions,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-08-01 Chao Yin , Shang Liu