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Deconfined quantum critical points (DQCPs) have been proposed as a class of continuous quantum phase transitions occurring between two ordered phases with distinct symmetry-breaking patterns, beyond the conventional framework of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-04-23 Yi Cui , Rong Yu , Weiqiang Yu

Deconfined quantum critical points (DQCPs) are proposed as unconventional second-order phase transitions beyond the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson paradigm. The nature and experimental realizations of DQCPs are crucial issues of importance. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-02-27 Ya-Nan Wang , Wen-Long You , Wen-Yi Zhang , Su-Peng Kou , Gaoyong Sun

Fluctuations can drive continuous phase transitions between two distinct ordered phases -- so-called deconfined quantum critical points (DQCPs) -- which lie beyond the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson paradigm. Despite several theoretical predictions…

Deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP) describes direct, non-fine-tuned quantum phase transition between two ordered phases that break distinct and seemingly unrelated symmetries, providing a route to continuous phase transition beyond…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-18 Zhi-Qiang Gao , Hui Yang , Yan-Qi Wang

Deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP) characterizes the continuous transition beyond Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson paradigm, occurring between two phases that exhibit distinct symmetry breaking. The debate over whether genuine DQCP exists in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-11-06 Xuan Zou , Shuai Yin , Zi-Xiang Li , Hong Yao

The deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP) represents a paradigm shift in quantum matter studies, presenting a "beyond Landau" scenario for order--order transitions. Its experimental realization, however, has remained elusive. Using…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-06-19 Yi Cui , Lu Liu , Huihang Lin , Kai-Hsin Wu , Wenshan Hong , Xuefei Liu , Cong Li , Ze Hu , Ning Xi , Shiliang Li , Rong Yu , Anders W. Sandvik , Weiqiang Yu

Deconfined quantum critical points (DQCP) have attracted lots of attentions in the past decades, but were mainly restricted to incompressible phases. On the other hand, various experimental puzzles call for new theory of unconventional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-07-15 Xiaofan Wu , Hui Yang , Ya-Hui Zhang

We perform a numerical study of a spin-1/2 model with $\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry in one dimension which demonstrates an interesting similarity to the physics of two-dimensional deconfined quantum critical points (DQCP).…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-08 Brenden Roberts , Shenghan Jiang , Olexei I. Motrunich

Novel critical phenomena beyond the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson paradigm have been long sought after. Among many candidate scenarios, the deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP) constitutes the most fascinating one, and its lattice model…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-08-22 Bin-Bin Chen , Xu Zhang , Yuxuan Wang , Kai Sun , Zi Yang Meng

The deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP) was originally proposed as a continuous transition between two spontaneous symmetry breaking phases in 2D spin-1/2 systems. While great efforts have been spent on the DQCP for 2D systems, both…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-09-23 Rui-Zhen Huang , Da-Chuan Lu , Yi-Zhuang You , Zi Yang Meng , Tao Xiang

From the perspective of low-lying excited states, we study the deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP) in a one-dimensional quantum spin chain by means of the entanglement entropy and fidelity. Our results show that there is a close…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-02-08 Yan-Chao Li , Yuan-Hang Zhou , Yuan Zhang , Hai-Qing Lin

The deconfined quantum critical point (QCP), separating the N\'eel and valence bond solid phases in a 2D antiferromagnet, was proposed as an example of $2+1$D criticality fundamentally different from standard Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson-Fisher…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-12-27 Chong Wang , Adam Nahum , Max A. Metlitski , Cenke Xu , T. Senthil

The deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP) -- the enigmatic incarnation of the quantum phase transition beyond the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson paradigm of symmetries and their spontaneous breaking -- has been proposed and actively pursued for…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-05-02 Yuan Da Liao , Gaopei Pan , Weilun Jiang , Yang Qi , Zi Yang Meng

The deconfined quantum critical point, a prototype Landau-forbidden transition, could exist in principle in the phase transitions involving symmetry protected topological phase, however, examples of such kinds of transition in physical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-01-27 Tian-Sheng Zeng , D. N. Sheng , W. Zhu

As proposed to describe putative continuous phase transitions between two ordered phases, the deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP) goes beyond the prevalent Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson (LGW) paradigm since its critical theory is not…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-01-14 Yu-Rong Shu , Shao-Kai Jian , Shuai Yin

The Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson theory of phase transitions precludes a continuous transition between two phases that spontaneously break distinct symmetries. However, quantum mechanical effects can intertwine the symmetries, giving rise to an…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-08-23 Jong Yeon Lee , Joshua Ramette , Max A. Metlitski , Vladan Vuletic , Wen Wei Ho , Soonwon Choi

Deconfined quantum critical points are intriguing transition points not predicted by the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson symmetry-breaking paradigm which are usually identified by the appearance of a continuous phase transition between locally…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-08 Niccolò Baldelli , Arianna Montorsi , Sergi Julià-Farré , Maciej Lewenstein , Matteo Rizzi , Luca Barbiero

We study the coupled quantum Hall bilayers each at half-filled first excited Landau levels with varying the layer distance. Based on numerical exact diagonalization on torus, we identify two distinct phases separated by a critical layer…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-29 Zheng Zhu , Shao-Kai Jian , D. N. Sheng

We construct an exactly solvable lattice model for a deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP) in (1+1) dimensions. This DQCP occurs in an unusual setting, namely at the edge of a (2+1) dimensional bosonic symmetry protected topological…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-02-07 Carolyn Zhang , Michael Levin

Continuous quantum phase transitions that are beyond the conventional paradigm of fluctuations of a symmetry breaking order parameter are challenging for theory. These phase transitions often involve emergent deconfined gauge fields at the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-29 Zhen Bi , T. Senthil
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