The (2 + 1)-d U (1) quantum link model masquerading as deconfined criticality

Banerjee, Debasish; Jiang, F-J; Widmer, Philippe; Wiese, Uwe-Jens (2013). The (2 + 1)-d U (1) quantum link model masquerading as deconfined criticality. Journal of statistical mechanics - theory and experiment, 2013(12), pp. 1-11. Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.1088/1742-5468/2013/12/P12010

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The (2 + 1)-d U(1) quantum link model is a gauge theory, amenable to quantum simulation, with a spontaneously broken SO(2) symmetry emerging at a quantum phase transition. Its low-energy physics is described by a (2 + 1)-d RP(1) effective field theory, perturbed by an SO(2) breaking operator, which prevents the interpretation of the emergent pseudo-Goldstone boson as a dual photon. At the quantum phase transition, the model mimics some features of deconfined quantum criticality, but remains linearly confining. Deconfinement only sets in at high temperature.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Theoretical Physics
10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC)

UniBE Contributor:

Banerjee, Debasish, Widmer, Philippe, Wiese, Uwe-Jens

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

1742-5468

Publisher:

Institute of Physics Publishing IOP

Language:

English

Submitter:

Esther Fiechter

Date Deposited:

05 Jun 2014 16:30

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:28

Publisher DOI:

10.1088/1742-5468/2013/12/P12010

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.42227

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/42227

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