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Hidden orders and phase transitions for the fully packed quantum loop model on the triangular lattice
Strongly Correlated Electrons · Submitted 9 May 2022
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The authors' main claim Apart from the known lattice nematic (LN) solid and the even $\mathbb{Z}_2$ quantum spin liquid (QSL) phases, we discover a hidden vison plaquette (VP) phase, which had been overlooked and misinterpreted as a QSL for more than a decade.
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Quantum loop and dimer models are prototypical correlated systems with local constraints, which are not only intimately connected to lattice gauge theories and topological orders but are also widely applicable to the broad research areas of quantum materials and quantum simulation. Employing our sweeping cluster quantum Monte Carlo algorithm, we reveal the complete phase diagram of the triangular-lattice fully packed quantum loop model. Apart from the known lattice nematic (LN) solid and the even $\mathbb{Z}_2$ quantum spin liquid (QSL) phases, we discover a hidden vison plaquette (VP) phase, which had been overlooked and misinterpreted as a QSL for more than a decade. Moreover, the VP-to-QSL continuous transition belongs to the $(2+1)$D cubic* universality class, which offers a lattice realization of the (fractionalized) cubic fixed point that had long been considered as irrelevant towards the O($3$) symmetry until corrected recently by conformal bootstrap calculations. Our results are therefore of relevance to recent developments in both experiments and theory, and facilitate further investigations of hidden phases and transitions.
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| s0 | Quantum loop and dimer models are prototypical correlated systems with local constraints, which are not only intimately connected to lattice gauge theories and topological orders but are also widely applicable to the broad research areas of quantum materials and quantum simulation. | background 1.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | Employing our sweeping cluster quantum Monte Carlo algorithm, we reveal the complete phase diagram of the triangular-lattice fully packed quantum loop model. | contribution 0.58 | 0.97 | 0.10 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | Apart from the known lattice nematic (LN) solid and the even $\mathbb{Z}_2$ quantum spin liquid (QSL) phases, we discover a hidden vison plaquette (VP) phase, which had been overlooked and misinterpreted as a QSL for more than a decade. | result 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.56 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | Moreover, the VP-to-QSL continuous transition belongs to the $(2+1)$D cubic* universality class, which offers a lattice realization of the (fractionalized) cubic fixed point that had long been considered as irrelevant towards the O($3$) symmetry until corrected recently by conformal bootstrap calculations. | result 0.65 | 0.74 | 0.21 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | Our results are therefore of relevance to recent developments in both experiments and theory, and facilitate further investigations of hidden phases and transitions. | interpretation 0.71 | 0.21 | 0.12 | asserted 0.78 |
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Quantum loop and dimer models are prototypical correlated systems with local constraints, which are not only intimately connected to lattice gauge theories and topological orders but are also widely applicable to the broad research areas of quantum materials and quantum simulation. Employing our sweeping cluster quantum Monte Carlo algorithm, we reveal the complete phase diagram of the triangular-lattice fully packed quantum loop model. Apart from the known lattice nematic (LN) solid and the even $\mathbb{Z}_2$ quantum spin liquid (QSL) phases, we discover a hidden vison plaquette (VP) phase, which had been overlooked and misinterpreted as a QSL for more than a decade. Moreover, the VP-to-QSL continuous transition belongs to the $(2+1)$D cubic* universality class, which offers a lattice realization of the (fractionalized) cubic fixed point that had long been considered as irrelevant towards the O($3$) symmetry until corrected recently by conformal bootstrap calculations. Our results are therefore of relevance to recent developments in both experiments and theory, and facilitate further investigations of hidden phases and transitions.
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Our QMC simulations are based on the recently developed sweeping cluster algorithm [ref] which is able to efficiently sample systems with geometric constraints such as the QDM (see Refs. [ref] for application to other constrained models).
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Similar hidden RP phase has recently been discoverd in the triangular QLM [ref] .
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Lastly, we also compare the behavior of the Edwards-Anderson order parameter $q^_ea$, as a function of the number of Monte Carlo steps, inside the glass phase to that in an even QSL [ref] .
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For example, quantum dimer models (QDMs) featured by strong geometric restrictions are effective low energy descriptions of many frustrated quantum spin systems [ref] .
Global scheme of sweeping cluster algorithm to sample among topological sectors · introduction · 0.99
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Our results have important implications for future theoretical and experimental investigations of LR interacting quantum many-body systems, including Rydberg atom arrays [ref] , programmable quantum simulators [ref] , and magic angle twisted bilayer graphene and 2d moiré materials.
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We employ the recently developed powerful sweeping cluster quantum Monte Carlo method [ref] to solve this model.
Global scheme of sweeping cluster algorithm to sample among topological sectors · Introduction · 1.00
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Employing the sweeping cluster quantum Monte Carlo method [ref] , we explore the ground-state phase diagram of the triangular-lattice QLM in an unbiased manner.
Triangular lattice quantum dimer model with variable dimer density · Introduction · 1.00
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Employing the sweeping cluster quantum Monte Carlo method [ref] , we explore the ground-state phase diagram of the triangular-lattice QLM in an unbiased manner.
Height-conserving quantum dimer models · Introduction · 1.00
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In QDMs, $ℤ_2$ topologically ordered phases originate from the famous Rokhsar-Kivelson (RK) point [ref] and acquire extended phase space on nonbipartite triangular and kagome lattices [ref] .
Translational symmetry breaking in two-dimensional antiferromagnets and superconductors · Introduction · 0.89
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In QDMs, $ℤ_2$ topologically ordered phases originate from the famous Rokhsar-Kivelson (RK) point [ref] and acquire extended phase space on nonbipartite triangular and kagome lattices [ref] .
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However, away from the RK point, the overall structures of the phase diagrams on various 2D geometries—either bipartite or nonbipartite—such as square and triangular lattices, are still under intensive investigation [ref] .
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