Topological domain-wall pump with $\mathbb{Z}_2$ spontaneous symmetry breaking

Yasuhiro Hatsugai; Yoshihito Kuno

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Topological domain-wall pump with $\mathbb{Z}_2$ spontaneous symmetry breaking

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Pith's one-line read Topological domain-wall pump works even when the ground state breaks symmetry spontaneously.

desk verdict A plausible new SSB domain-wall pump with a solid Z2 Berry phase calculation, but the key bulk-edge identity is asserted rather than proven. read the letter →

arxiv 2411.17219 v1 pith:GT42DVE3 submitted 2024-11-26 cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.quant-gasquant-ph

Yoshihito Kuno , Yasuhiro Hatsugai This is my paper · ORCID

classification cond-mat.str-elcond-mat.quant-gasquant-ph MSC 81V7082B2082B27 PACS 75.10.Jm71.10.-w

keywords topologicalpumpdomainwallspontaneoussymmetrybreakingclustermodelChernnumberbulk-edgecorrespondenceZ2Berryphasespinchain

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The pith

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The reading

The paper proposes a one-dimensional spin model, an extended cluster model, whose ground state spontaneously breaks a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry and is therefore doubly degenerate. The authors construct a time-dependent pumping protocol, a topological domain-wall pump, in which the pumped domain-wall charge per cycle is quantized and equals the Chern number of the degenerate ground-state multiplet. They argue that this shows spontaneous symmetry breaking and topological pumping can coexist, and they verify the bulk-edge correspondence through edge states of domain walls.

What carries the argument

The central object is the domain-wall charge $N_D = -\sum_j Z_j Z_{j+1}/2$ and its conservation under a local $U(1)$ gauge symmetry, which forbids pair annihilation of domain walls. The center-of-mass operator $P = -\sum_j x_{j+1/2} Z_j Z_{j+1}/2$ generates a large gauge transformation that yields the current operator $\mathcal{J} = \hbar^{-1}\partial_\theta H^{\text{op},\theta}_{\text{DW}}$. The paper uses the equivalence between the open-boundary adiabatic current and the twist-averaged periodic-boundary current to connect the pump integer $I_{\text{DW}}$ to the Chern number of the degenerate ground-state multiplet.

What would settle it

Compute the pumped charge $I_{\text{DW}}$ on a finite open chain by time-evolving the degenerate ground-state multiplet through one full period and compare it with the Chern number $C_{\text{DW}}$ obtained from the Berry curvature of the degenerate multiplet on the periodic chain for the same parameters and system size. If the two integers differ systematically as the system size grows, the assumed equality $j^{\text{op}}_A = j^{\text{pe}}_A$ fails and the bulk-edge correspondence would not hold in the infinite-size limit.

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Core claim

The paper claims that the Hamiltonian $H_{\text{DW}}^{\text{op}} = -\sum_j J_j (X_j - Z_{j-1} X_j Z_{j+1}) + \sum_j \Delta_{j+1/2} Z_j Z_{j+1}$ with time-dependent parameters $J_j = 1 - (-1)^j \delta_J \sin(2\pi t/T)$ and $\Delta_{j+1/2} = (-1)^j \Delta_0 \cos(2\pi t/T)$ exhibits a quantized pump of domain walls. The pump's integer invariant $I_{\text{DW}}$ (the net number of domain walls transferred per cycle) equals the Chern number $C_{\text{DW}}$ of the degenerate ground-state multiplet on a periodic chain. The ground state is gapped and doubly degenerate due to a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry, which is spontaneously broken; the degenerate multiplet is still protected by spatial inversion and characterized by a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ Berry phase. In the strong-coupling limit, the two SPT phases separated by a gapless critical point are deformed into a pumping cycle that wraps around the critical point without closing the gap, and the domain-wall edge states at the boundaries show singular jumps that account for the pumped charge.

Load-bearing premise

The load-bearing premise is that the open-boundary adiabatic current equals the periodic-boundary twist-averaged current in the infinite-size limit, so the quantized pump integer $I_{\text{DW}}$ computed from jumps in the center of mass equals the bulk Chern number $C_{\text{DW}}$.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

The pumped domain-wall charge per cycle is quantized to an integer $I_{\text{DW}}$ that equals the Chern number $C_{\text{DW}}$, providing a bulk-edge correspondence for pumps in symmetry-broken phases.
The model exhibits a topological pump where the ground state is degenerate and spontaneously breaks $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry, demonstrating that SSB does not obstruct quantized transport.
The $\mathbb{Z}_2$ Berry phase $\gamma_\pm = \pi$ in the non-trivial SPT phase serves as a topological order parameter that is stable under continuous deformations, guaranteeing the existence of domain-wall edge states.
The construction extends to multi-spin interactions through the pivoting method, giving a family of generalized domain-wall pumps with the same quantization.
The protocol provides a concrete lattice model that could be simulated in quantum simulators or cold-atom setups, where a quantized pump of domain walls could be observed.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The proposal suggests a broader principle: any symmetry-protected gapless critical point between two SPT phases can be converted into a topological pump that operates even when the ground state is degenerate and symmetry-broken, as long as the degenerate multiplet remains gapped from the rest of the spectrum.
The equality $j^{\text{op}}_A = j^{\text{pe}}_A$ for the infinite system, which the paper assumes, could be tested numerically by computing the open-boundary pumped charge and the periodic-boundary Chern number for the same parameters; a discrepancy would indicate a failure of the bulk-edge correspondence in this correlated setting.
The model's local $U(1)$ symmetry is unusual because the gauge field lives on sites rather than bonds; this suggests that similar pumps can be constructed for any conserved charge with a well-defined center of mass, not just conventional particle number.
The domain-wall pump might be realizable in Rydberg arrays or superconducting qubit chains, where the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry and the time-dependent modulations could be engineered; the quantized pump would then be observable as a net transfer of domain-wall charge.

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The core idea is simple and worth taking seriously: an extended cluster spin model whose domain-wall degrees of freedom carry a local U(1) gauge symmetry, and whose ground state spontaneously breaks Z2. The authors give explicit strong-coupling wavefunctions for the two SPT phases and the SSB phases, and they compute the Z2 Berry phase gamma = pi for the degenerate multiplet under twisted boundary conditions. That calculation is self-contained and checkable by hand. The model is new relative to the cited literature, and the generalization to k-string interactions via pivoting is a nice extra.

The soft spot is exactly where the stress-test note lands. The central bulk-edge correspondence IDW = CDW is not proven. The paper asserts j_op_A = j_pe_A 'for the infinite system' without argument. For a degenerate SSB multiplet this is not a trivial statement: in the open chain, the boundary spins Z0 and ZL commute with the Hamiltonian and label the degeneracy, so the trace average includes O(1) boundary flips. In the periodic chain there are no such labels and the current is a smooth Berry-curvature integral. Nothing in the paper shows that these two prescriptions agree in the L -> infinity limit. The gap along the pump cycle is also assumed rather than demonstrated. The single numerical figure shows only the local magnetization, not the pump itself. There is no independent computation of IDW and CDW for the same parameter set.

I would not call this fatal. The strong-coupling limits give a plausible mechanism, and the Z2 Berry phase result is solid. But for a paper whose title promises a 'topological domain-wall pump', the missing verification of the central identity is a substantial gap. The authors could close it with either a theorem under stated assumptions or a numerical simulation of the pumped charge for a finite chain with open boundaries, compared against the Chern number from twisted boundary conditions.

This paper deserves a serious referee. It is a plausible new construction that will interest people working on many-body pumps, SSB, and cluster models. A referee should push the authors to supply the missing evidence. I would take the paper to review, and if the authors cannot address the equality, the claim should be softened accordingly.

Referee Report

3 major / 4 minor

Summary. The manuscript introduces an extended S=1/2 cluster Hamiltonian on an open chain with a conserved domain-wall charge and a Z2 parity symmetry. The authors show that the ground state is doubly degenerate due to commuting boundary spins, exhibit explicit strong-coupling ground states with spontaneous symmetry breaking, and compute Z2 Berry phases gamma_plus = gamma_minus = pi for one of the strong-coupling limits of the periodic twisted chain. They define a time-dependent protocol with alternating hoppings and alternating Ising couplings and claim that the pumped domain-wall charge in the open chain, IDW, obtained from discontinuities of the domain-wall center-of-mass position, equals the Chern number C_DW of the degenerate ground-state multiplet of the periodic twisted chain. A generalization via pivot Hamiltonians and domain-wall interactions is also sketched.

Significance. The explicit strong-coupling ground-state wavefunctions and the gamma_plus/gamma_minus = pi calculation are clear and self-contained, and the model provides an appealing setting in which spontaneous symmetry breaking coexists with a topological domain-wall pump. If the bulk-edge correspondence IDW = C_DW is established rigorously or numerically, the work would be a valuable explicit many-body example of a topological pump with SSB. At present, however, the central equality is only stated as an expectation, no full-cycle Chern number is computed, and no numerical pump simulation is reported; the significance is therefore conditional on closing that gap.

major comments (3)

[Bulk-edge correspondence] The central equation IDW = C_DW is justified only by the sentence "Since we may expect j_op_A = j_pe_A for the infinite system". This equality is the load-bearing bridge between the open-boundary center-of-mass jump quantization and the periodic twist-averaged Chern number. It is not proven, and for a spontaneously broken multiplet it is nontrivial: the open-boundary trace average includes the commuting boundary spins Z0 and ZL, whose O(1) flips contribute to P_op discontinuities, while the periodic current is a smooth Berry-curvature integral over a degenerate multiplet with no boundary labels. Please provide a derivation of j_op_A = j_pe_A (for example through the Kramers-Wannier/Jordan-Wigner free-fermion representation) or a numerical demonstration showing that boundary contributions cancel or are subleading in the L to infinity limit.
[Adiabatic and gap assumptions] The quantization argument assumes the system is gapped and the evolution is adiabatic except at isolated jump instants. The manuscript only states that the ground state is gapped for |Delta| much smaller than |delta_J| and discusses the strong-coupling limits; it does not analyze the gap along the full pump cycle with J_j(t) = 1 - (-1)^j delta_J sin(2 pi t/T) and Delta_{j+1/2}(t) = (-1)^j Delta_0 cos(2 pi t/T). The trace average over the degenerate multiplet also requires the multiplet to be separated from excited states in each boundary sector; if this separation fails, the physically prepared state may not be represented by the trace average. Please supply a gap estimate or a numerical spectrum along the cycle to support the adiabatic jump-counting argument.
[Chern number evaluation] The paper defines C_DW as the twist-averaged Berry curvature integral and asserts it is a nonzero integer, but no explicit value or numerical integration over the full (theta, t) torus is given. The strong-coupling calculation yields gamma_plus = gamma_minus = pi at delta_J = -J, which establishes a nontrivial SPT phase, but the pump Chern number requires the full-cycle Berry curvature. Without an evaluation of C_DW, the statement that the pump is topologically non-trivial is not directly supported; computing C_DW explicitly (or showing C_DW = 1) would also provide a concrete check of IDW = C_DW.

minor comments (4)

[Notation] The current notation is inconsistent: the manuscript defines \bar{j}^{pe}_A for the periodic twist-averaged current, but later writes Q_pe = \int dt \bar{j}^{tw}_A; please unify the superscripts.
[Typo] In the paragraph introducing the two SPT phases, "Delta_{j+/1/2} = 0" should read "Delta_{j+1/2} = 0".
[Figure 1] The caption of Fig. 1 should define the arrow symbols, state the parameter values for panel (b), and clarify why panel (a) is described as being away from the strong-coupling limit.
[Pivot generalization] The pivot-string construction defines U_k through an infinite product; for open chains, please specify the finite-range truncation and explain how the 2(ell-1) free boundary spins are treated in the pumping protocol.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the model, jump-counting argument, and strong-coupling Z2 Berry phase computation are self-contained; the unproven bulk-edge equality is a gap, not a circular reduction.

full rationale

The derivation chain is not circular. The Hamiltonian H_op_DW is defined independently, and the open-boundary current follows from the large-gauge transformation as j = dt<P>, with the pumped charge expressed as a sum of jump discontinuities of the center-of-mass. The Chern number C_DW is computed from an explicit strong-coupling ground-state multiplet and the Z2 Berry phase formalism, not from a fitted parameter. The bridge between the open-boundary integer and the bulk Chern number is the stated expectation, 'Since we may expect j_op_A = j_pe_A for the infinite system, the bulk-edge correspondence of the domain-wall pump is written as IDW = CDW.' That is an unproven scaling assertion, not an equation forced by the definitions; the paper does not assume IDW = CDW as an input. Self-citations [21], [31], [33], [36], [37] supply the general construction scheme and quantization framework, but the paper's own strong-coupling eigenstates and the g+- = pi calculation are explicit computations that stand independently. No parameter is fitted, and no predicted quantity is merely a renamed input. Therefore no enumerated circular step is present; the missing proof of j_op_A = j_pe_A is a correctness gap, not circularity.

Assumptions & free parameters 0 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central result rests on standard dualities, the assumed gap and adiabaticity, and an assumed equality between open- and periodic-boundary currents. No free parameters are fitted to data; J, delta_J, and Delta_0 are tunable model inputs. No new physical entities are postulated beyond combinations of existing spin operators.

assumptions (5)

standard math The Kramers-Wannier and Jordan-Wigner transformations map H_op_DW to a YZ/Rice-Mele model with a free spin, preserving the spectrum and topological properties.
Invoked in the second section when writing the Hamiltonian in link Pauli operators and canonical fermions; these are standard dualities, but the paper does not prove the full mapping.
domain assumption The snapshot ground state is gapped except at delta_J = 0, and the pump cycle is slow enough for the adiabatic approximation to hold.
Explicitly stated: 'Assuming the system is gapped and the time dependence of the parameters are slow enough, the current is evaluated by the adiabatic approximation.' This is required for the Chern number to be well defined.
domain assumption The open-boundary adiabatic current equals the periodic-boundary twist-averaged current in the infinite-size limit, j_op_A = j_pe_A.
Assumed in the bulk-edge correspondence section: 'Since we may expect j_op_A = j_pe_A for the infinite system...' This is the key link between the pump charge and the bulk Chern number.
domain assumption The domain-wall charge N_D is conserved and the system is restricted to the N_D = 0 sector, so domain walls cannot be created or annihilated in pairs.
Used to define the pumped quantity and to restrict the Hilbert space; stated after defining N_D: 'It prevents from pair annihilation of the domain-wall. We restrict to the N_D = 0 sector.'
standard math The Z2 Berry phase quantization gamma_plus/minus = 0, pi follows from the site-center inversion symmetry and the explicit gauge-fixing formalism of Refs. [36,37].
The computation in the strong-coupling limit is explicit, gamma_plus/minus = pi for the trimer ground states, and the quantization mechanism is a known external result from the cited literature.

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abstract

A domain-wall pump by an extended cluster model of $S=1/2$ spins is proposed with local $U(1)$ gauge invariance. Its snapshot ground state is gapped and doubly degenerated due to $\mathbb{Z}_2$ invariance, which is broken by an infinitesimal boundary magnetic field. The ground state associated with the spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) is still symmetry-protected with additional spatial inversion that is characterized by the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ Berry phase. We investigate the topological domain-wall pump with/without boundaries. The topological pump associated with the inversion symmetry-breaking path induces a non-trivial Chern number of bulk and a singular behavior of edge states of the domain-wall. Generalization to the multi-spin interaction is also explicitly given.

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