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Symmetry-protected topological phases in two-leg SU(N) spin ladder with unequal spins
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. B 101, 195121 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Chiral Haldane phases are examples of one-dimensional topological states of matter which are protected by projective SU($N$) group (or its subgroup $\mathbb{Z}_N \times \mathbb{Z}_N$) with $N>2$. The unique feature of these symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases is that they are accompanied by inversion-symmetry breaking and the emergence of different left and right edge states which transform, for instance, respectively in the fundamental ($\boldsymbol{N}$) and anti-fundamental ($\overline{\boldsymbol{N}}$) representations of SU($N$). We show, by means of complementary analytical and numerical approaches, that these chiral SPT phases as well as the non-chiral ones are realized as the ground states of a generalized two-leg SU($N$) spin ladder in which the spins in the first chain transform in $\boldsymbol{N}$ and the second in $\overline{\boldsymbol{N}}$. In particular, we map out the phase diagram for $N=3$ and $4$ to show that {\em all} the possible symmetry-protected topological phases with projective SU($N$)-symmetry appear in this simple ladder model.<br />Comment: 21 pages
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. B 101, 195121 (2020)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1909.13553
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.195121