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Detecting topological orders from Matrix-Product State based simulations Frank Pollmann Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems International Workshop on Tensor Networks and Quantum Many-Body Problems 2016 Detecting


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SLIDE 1 International Workshop on Tensor Networks and Quantum Many-Body Problems 2016 Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems Frank Pollmann Detecting topological orders from 
 Matrix-Product State based simulations
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SLIDE 2 (1) Matrix-product states and efficient simulations
  • Review: Entanglement and matrix-product states (MPS)
  • MPS for infinite systems
  • Time evolving block decimation (TEBD)
(2) Extracting fingerprints of topological order
  • Symmetry protected topological phases
  • Characterizing intrinsic topological orders
  • Symmetry enriched topological phases
  • (Dynamics of topological excitations)
Overview Detecting topological orders from 
 Matrix-Product State based simulations
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SLIDE 3 Matrix-product states ψj1,j2,j3,j4,j5 ≈
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SLIDE 4 Entanglement
  • A generic quantum state has a dimensional Hilbert space
|ψi = X j1,j2,...,jL ψj1,j2,...,jL|j1i|j2i . . . |jLi ... A B ...
  • Decompose a state into a superposition 

  • f product states (Schmidt decomposition)

|ψi = X i,j Ci,j|iiA ⌦ |jiB = X α Λα|αiA ⌦ |αiB dL
  • Entanglement entropy as a measure for the 

amount of entanglement
 S = − P α Λ2 α log Λ2 α , jn = 1 . . . d
  • Equivalent to with
S = −TrρA log ρA ρA = TrB|ψihψ|
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SLIDE 5 L R (a) (b) N (d) (c) Many body Hilbert space Area law states L R (a) (b) N (d) (c) Many body Hilbert space Area law states Area law for ground states of local (gapped) Hamiltonians 
 in one dimensional systems Entanglement All ground states live in a tiny corner of the Hilbert space! S(L) = const. [Srednicki ’93, Hastings ’07] |ψi = X α Λα|αiA ⌦ |αiB L R (a) (b) N (d) (c) Many body Hilbert space Area law states L
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SLIDE 6
  • Example:
|ψ = NA X i=1 NB X j=1 Cij|iA|jB = X γ λγ|φγA|φγB Compression of quantum states C =    0.23 · · · 0.56 . . . ... . . . 0.22 · · · 0.34    =    0.23 · · · 0.56 . . . ... . . . 0.22 · · · 0.34    χ = 1200
  • Matrix can represent an image (array of pixel)
  • Reconstruction of the matrix (image) from a small 

number of Schmidt states (SVD):
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SLIDE 7 χ = 4 χ = 16 χ = 64 χ = 256 χ = 1200 Important features visible already for states! < 16 Compression of quantum states
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SLIDE 8 Compression of quantum states [Mondrian]
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SLIDE 9 Compression of quantum states
  • Coefficients in the many-body wave function:

Rank-L tensor: diagrammatic representation
  • ψj1,j2,j3,j4,j5 =
L R (a) (b) N (d) (c) Many body Hilbert space Area law states
  • Successive Schmidt decompositions: matrix-product states
  • |ψi =
d X j1=1 d X β=1 A[1]j1 β Λ[1] β |j1i|βi[2,...N]
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SLIDE 10 Matrix-Product States
  • Matrix-product states: Reduction of variables:
ψj1,j2,j3,j4,j5 ≈
  • Aj
αβ = [M. Fannes et al. 92, Schuch et al ‘08]
  • Matrix-product operators
  • M
M M M M
  • M
M M M M (b)
  • (a)
  • M
M M M M (c)
  • *
* * * * Oj0 1,j0 2,j0 3,j0 4,j0 5 j1,j2,j3,j4,j5 = [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [Verstraete et al ’04] dL → Ldχ2
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SLIDE 11 Infinite matrix-product states

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SLIDE 12 A A A A A A A [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
  • Infinite and translationally invariant systems:
. . . . . . |ψi : Ldχ2 → dχ2 Infinite MPS and the canonical form
  • MPS is not unique
= ˜ Ain ➡ describes the same state! ˜ Ain = XAinX−1
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SLIDE 13
  • Choose a convenient representation in Canonical Form:

Bond index corresponds to Schmidt decomposition!
  • Write tensor as product of
Ain αβ : Diagonal matrix with Schmidt values : Tensor relating to Schmidt basis
  • (d)
(b)
  • (a)
(c) (e) R L ' ' '
  • L
L
  • (d)
(b)
  • (a)
(c) (e) R L ' ' '
  • L
L
  • (d)
(b)
  • (a)
(c) (e) R L ' ' '
  • L
L |ψi = χ X α=1 Λα|αiL ⌦ |αiR with hα|α0i = δαα0 Infinite MPS and the canonical form [Vidal ‘03]
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SLIDE 14
  • Schmidt states in terms of the MPS:
  • (d)
(b)
  • (a)
(c) (e) R L ' ' '
  • L
L
  • (d)
(b)
  • (a)
(c) (e) R L ' ' '
  • L
L Infinite MPS and the canonical form
  • Orthogonality:
R ' ' ' * * *
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SLIDE 15
  • Conditions for the canonical form:
  • (d)
(b)
  • (a)
(c) (e) R L ' ' '
  • L
L
  • (d)
(b)
  • (a)
(c) (e) R L ' ' '
  • L
L
  • Left and right transfer matrix have dominant eigenvalue
  • ne and the corresponding eigenvector is the identity
T L αα0;ββ0 = X j ΛαΛα0 Γj αβ
  • Γj
α0β0 Infinite MPS and the canonical form
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  • Example: Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki (AKLT)
  • Ground state the spin-1 Hamiltonian
H = X j ~ Sj ~ Sj+1 + 1 3(~ Sj ~ Sj+1)2, Infinite MPS and the canonical form
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SLIDE 17
  • Example: Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki (AKLT)
Γ−1 = r 4 3σ+, Γ0 = − r 2 3σz, Γ1 = − r 4 3σ− Λ = r 1 2 ✓ 1 1 ◆ and d = 3 χ = 2 Infinite MPS and the canonical form
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SLIDE 18
  • Efficient evaluation of expectation values:
Infinite MPS and the canonical form Λ2 Λ2 Γ Γ∗ hψ|On|ψi = Λ2 Λ2 Γ Γ∗ Γ Γ∗ Γ Γ∗ Γ Γ∗ Γ Γ∗ Λ Λ Λ Λ Λ Λ Λ Λ T R hψ|OmOn|ψi =
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  • Correlation length of an MPS:
⇠ = − 1 log |✏2|, is the second largest eigenvalue of the transfer matrix ✏2
  • Degeneracy of largest 

eigenvalue (unity) shows
 that the MPS is a cat-state 
 Infinite MPS and the canonical form
  • (d)
(b)
  • (a)
(c) (e) R L ' ' '
  • L
L
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SLIDE 20 Efficient numerical simulations

i~ ∂ ∂t|ψi = H|ψi

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SLIDE 21
  • Transverse field Ising model

Ordered Quantum Disordered g/J H = − X j (Jσz j σz j+1 + gσx j ) m = hσzi Efficient numerical simulations
  • Ground state properties
σz(t) ... ... σ+ 0 |ψi
  • Dynamics
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SLIDE 22 Time evolving block decimation
  • Assume we have a Hamiltonian of the form
H = X j h[j,j+1] |ψ0i = lim τ→∞ exp(Hτ)|ψii || exp(Hτ)|ψii||
  • Time evolution in imaginary time

|ψti = exp(iHt)|ψt=0i
  • Time evolution in real time

Disclaimer: Simple!
 Not perfect for all uses!
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  • Consider a Hamiltonian
H = X j h[j,j+1] Time evolving block decimation [F [r], F [r0]] = 0 ([G[r], G[r0]] = 0) [G, F] 6= 0
  • We observe

but F F F G G H=F+G F ≡ X even j F [j] ≡ X even j h[j,j+1] G ≡ X
  • dd j
G[j] ≡ X
  • dd j
h[j,j+1]
  • Decompose the Hamiltonian as
[Vidal ‘03]
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SLIDE 24
  • Apply Suzuki-Trotter decomposition of order p


 
 with , , etc. exp (−i(F + G)δt) ≈ fp [exp(−Fδt), exp(−Gδt)] f1(x, y) = xy f2(x, y) = x1/2yx1/2 Time evolving block decimation UF = Y even r exp(−iF [r]δt) UG = Y
  • dd r
exp(−iG[r]δt)
  • Two chains of two-site gates
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SLIDE 25
  • Time Evolving Block Decimation algorithm (TEBD)
1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 Time evolving block decimation
  • How do we get the original form back?
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SLIDE 26 truncation χ3 Time evolving block decimation
  • Scales with the matrix dimension as
  • Time Evolving Block Decimation algorithm (TEBD)
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SLIDE 27 ΓA Λ A ΓBΛ B Λ B (i) (ii) Λ A (iii) X Y (iv) ΓA Λ A ΓBΛ B Λ B ~ ~ ~ ~ ( )
  • 1
SVD Θ ~ Λ A X Y ~ Λ B Λ B Λ B
  • 1
Λ B ( ) = Θ ~ E0 L R L R ~ ~ ΓA Λ B ~ (Γ ) A * Λ B ~ ΓBΛ B ~ (Γ ) B *Λ B ~ Θ ~ M M Θ (v) truncation χ3
  • Scales with the matrix dimension as
  • Density matrix renormalization group (DMRG)
Time evolving block decimation
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SLIDE 28
  • Assume that is translational invariant and :

infinite Time Evolving Block Decimation algorithm (iTEBD) |ψi N = ∞
  • Time evolution achieved by repeated local application 

  • f gates (parallel)
Γ[2r] = ΓA, λ[2r] = λA, Γ[2r+1] = ΓB, λ[2r+1] = λB
  • A
B B B B A A A A A
  • Partially break translational symmetry to simulate 

the action of the gates infinite Time evolving block decimation [Vidal ‘07]
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SLIDE 29 Python!
  • Python + numpy provide useful tools to simply implement 

the algorithm as key functions are already implemented Xijk = X m YimZmjk X=tensordot(Y,Z,axes=(1,0)) X=reshape(X,(dim1*dim2,dim3)) Xijk → X(ij)k X=transpose(X,(0,2,1)) Xijk → Xikj
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SLIDE 30
  • Finite entanglement scaling: Entanglement and correlation
length are always finite in an MPS Infinite MPS and the canonical form 
 FP , S. Mukerjee, A.M. Turner, J. Moore Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 255701 (2009).
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SLIDE 31
  • Finite entanglement scaling: Entanglement and correlation
length are always finite in an MPS Infinite MPS and the canonical form
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SLIDE 32 Infinite MPS and the canonical form S = c 6 log ξ c = 1/2
  • Finite entanglement scaling: Extract central charge c
➡ Ising critical
 point: [Calabrese & Cardy ‘04]
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SLIDE 33 Extracting fingerprints of topological order
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  • Topological phases cannot be described 

by symmetry breaking
  • Quantum Hall effects
  • (gapped) spin-liquids

  • Topological insulators
  • Haldane spin chain
[Klitzing ’80, Tsui ’82, Laughlin ’83] [Haldane ‘83] [Kane & Mele ’05] Topological phases of matter
  • Fascinating features: quantized conductance, 

fractionalization, protected edge states, … [Anderson ‘73]
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  • Spin-1 Heisenberg chain
  • Haldane phase: Gapped + no symmetry breaking
[Haldane ‘83] H = P j ~ Sj · ~ Sj+1 E ... ... E ×4 [Affleck et al ‘87]
  • Spin-1/2 excitations at the edges: Protected by symmetry
Symmetry protected topological phases
  • Edge spins have been observed in the 

NMR profile close to the chain ends of 
 Mg-doped Y2BaNiO5 [S.H. Glarum, et al., Tedoldi et al. ‘99]
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SLIDE 36 
 FP , A.M. Turner, E. Berg, and M. Oshikawa, Phys. Rev. B 81, 064439 (2010).

  • Hamiltonian and ground state symmetric under
|ψ0i = |ψ0i : ➡ Boundary: Projective representations
 (e.g., spin-1/2) UgUh = eiφ(g,h)Ugh U L g U R g g, h ∈ G ➡ Bulk: Linear on-site representation
 (e.g., spin-1) uguh = ugh |ψ0i : Symmetry protected topological phases (…is complete ) [Chen et al. ’11; Schuch et al ’11] ➡ Classification of Symmetry protected topological phases H2[G, U(1)]
  • Classified by the second cohomology group 

[Schur 1911] ug ug ug ug ug ug ug ug
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SLIDE 37 Which symmetries can stabilize topological phases?
  • Example : Rotation about single axis

  • Redefining removes any phase
Zn Rn = 1 ⇒ U n R = eiφ1 ˜ UR = e−iφ/nUR 
 FP , A.M. Turner, E. Berg, and M. Oshikawa, Phys. Rev. B 81, 064439 (2010).

  • Example : Phase for pairs
  • Phases cannot be gauged 

away: Distinct topological phases Z2 × Z2 RxRz = RzRx ⇒ UxUz = eiφxzUzUx φxz = 0, π Symmetry protected topological phases
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SLIDE 38 1D symmetry protected topological phases FP and A.M. Turner, Phys. Rev. B 86, 125441 (2012).

  • Characteristic fingerprints of SPT’s from DMRG
|ψi H = P j Sj · Sj+1 + D P j(Sz j )2 Z2 × Z2 S = 1 O ∝ tr(UxUzU † xU † z) |0i|0i|0i|0i|0i
  • stabilizes the 

Haldane phase Ug [Ug]αα0 = hφR α| O j∈L gj|φR α0i ➡ Projective representations can directly be extracted P α λα|φL αi|φR αi
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  • Transformation of an MPS under symmetry operations


 
 
 
 
 
 
 ...wave function only changes by a phase

  • U
U e i
  • Σ
Σ , [UΣ, Λ] = 0 [Perez-Garcia ’07]
  • a
  • a
  • a
  • a
  • b
  • b
  • b
  • b
  • a
  • a
  • a
  • a
  • b
  • b
  • b
  • b
  • 1D symmetry protected topological phases
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SLIDE 40 | {z } T ΣX=X | {z } T 1=1
  • Get from the dominant eigenvector 

  • f the generalized transfermatrix ( )

  • Overlap of transformed Schmidt states
  • U
e iL
Σ
  • U
e iL
X UΣ = X†
  • U
e iL
  • T Σ
(αα0);(ββ0) = X j,j0 Σjj0 ˜ Γj0,αβΓ∗ j,α0β0ΛβΛβ0 UΣ = X†
  • U
U e i ˜ 1D Symmetry protected topological phases
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SLIDE 41 (1) Matrix-product states and efficient simulations
  • Review: Entanglement and matrix-product states (MPS)
  • MPS for infinite systems
  • Time evolving block decimation (TEBD)
(2) Extracting fingerprints of topological order
  • Symmetry protected topological phases
  • Characterizing intrinsic topological orders
  • Symmetry enriched topological phases
  • (Dynamics of topological excitations)
Overview Detecting topological orders from 
 Matrix-Product State based simulations
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SLIDE 42 Intrinsic topological order
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SLIDE 43
  • Tait’s smoke ring experiment in 1867
  • Vortex rings are extremely stable and long lived!
Topological Order
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SLIDE 44
  • Lord Kelvin developed a theory about matter being knots in
the aether: Inequivalent knots correspond to 
 different atoms
  • Turned out it is not true… Michelson–Morley 

experiment: No aether Topological Order
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SLIDE 45
  • Still, knots remained a very interesting topic: 

Figure out which knots are equivalent
  • Equivalent knots can be related to each other using 

the Reidemeister moves
  • Jones Polynomial distinguish inequivalent knots
: t + t2 − t4 [Jones ’84] : 1 Topological Order :?
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SLIDE 46
  • Topological Quantum Field 

Theory (TQFT): Field Theory 
 in which amplitudes depend only 

  • n the topology of the process


 
 
 

  • Chern-Simons TQFT: Amplitude of a process given by the
Jones Polynomial of the knot
  • 2D TQFT: Anyonic quasiparticle excitations!
Z = Z DφeiS[φ] [Witten ’80] t ≡ eiφ Topological Order
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SLIDE 47 eiφ A B |ψi = P α ppα |φA αi |φB α i S = − P α pα log pα Abelian: γ = log( p #anyons) Topological Order
  • Intrinsic topological order: Gapped quantum phases 

that are robust to any small (local) perturbation
  • Characterized by quasiparticle excitations 

that obey fractional statistics “anyons”
  • Topological degeneracy (= number of anyons)
  • Topological entanglement entropy :
γ [Kitaev and Preskill ’06, Levin and Wen ‘06] [Wen ’90] S = αL − γ
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SLIDE 48 Fractional Quantum Hall
  • 2D electron gas in magnetic field : 

highly degenerate “Landau levels”
 

  • Number of degenerate orbits in each Landau level equal
to number of flux quanta: Filling fraction
  • Incompressible liquid at integer fillings
  • Fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE): 

Incompressible liquid due to interactions En = heB m (n + 1 2) B B NB ν = Ne/NB | {z } NB Integer QH Fractional QH [Tsui, Stormer ’82, Laughlin ’83] [Klitzing ’80] n = 1
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SLIDE 49 Fractional Quantum Hall
  • M. P
. Zaletel, R. S. K. Mong, FP , PRL 110, 236801 (2013).

  • M. P
. Zaletel, Roger S. K. Mong, FP , and E. H. Rezayi, Phys. Rev. B 91, 045115 (2015).
  • Consider the FQHE on an infinitely long cylinder
  • Orbitals are localized along the cylinder: Quasi 1D model
using an occupation number basis
 
 
 
 
 x y B [Haldane & Rezayi ’94; Bergholtz et al. ’05, Seidel et al. ’05] | . . . , j0, j1, . . .i ˆ H = X n X k≥|m| Vkmc† n+mc† n+kcn+m+kcn
  • Coulomb interactions yield quantum many-body problem
Coulomb |0 1 1 0 i |ψ0i : . . . . . . B B B B B B B Bin αβ
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SLIDE 50 Fractional Quantum Hall
  • M. P
. Zaletel, R. S. K. Mong, FP , PRL 110, 236801 (2013).

  • M. P
. Zaletel, Roger S. K. Mong, FP , and E. H. Rezayi, Phys. Rev. B 91, 045115 (2015).
  • Topological entanglement entropy of the FQHE with Coulomb
interactions (“minimally entangled states”) S = αL − γ ν = 1/3 ν = 7/3
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SLIDE 51 Fractional Quantum Hall
  • M. P
. Zaletel, R. S. K. Mong, FP , J. Stat. Mech. P10007 (2014).

  • M. P
. Zaletel, R. S. K. Mong, FP , PRL 110, 236801 (2013). (see also Zhang et al. ’12, Tu et al. ’13, Cincio & Vidal ‘13)
  • Extracting topological content by adding a “twist”


 
 
 
 

  • Momentum polarization: topological spin, 

central charge, Hall viscosity x y L ξ ν = 2/5 … …
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SLIDE 52
  • M. P
. Zaletel, R. S. K. Mong, FP , Z. Papic arXiv:1505.02843. Fractional Quantum Hall [Xia et al ’04] six primary fields of 
 the Z3 parafermion
 CFT:1, ψ, ψ†, ε, σ, σ†. Momentum Energy 6 3 1 1 x [Read Rezayi ’98, Kitaev ’03]
  • Charge e/5 quasiparticles: Fibonacci anyons

“Universal topological quantum computing” eiφ
  • Finding the ground state with filling factor 

(Coulomb + finite well thickness at ) ν = 12/5 L = 28`B
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SLIDE 53
  • M. P
. Zaletel, R. S. K. Mong, FP , Z. Papic arXiv:1505.02843. Density profile for anyons with charge e/5 y/`B x/`B Fractional Quantum Hall
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SLIDE 54

Symmetry enriched topological order
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SLIDE 55 No symmetry Trivial Topological 

  • rder X
With symmetry Topological 

  • rder Xb
Topological 

  • rder Xa
Topological 

  • rder
Y Symmetry enriched topological order
  • Intrinsic topological order is characterized by its

anyonic quasi particles (QP) (no symmetry required)
  • Topologically ordered systems have a richer structure 

when symmetries are present [Wang and Wen ’12, Wen ’13] [Wen ’91]
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SLIDE 56 g ∈ Hψ
  • Hamiltonian and ground state 

have the same symmetry 
 ( )

  • Fractionalization of symmetry 

  • perations in terms of the anyonic 

quasiparticles (QP) ➡ QP induce projective representations:
  • Co-homology : Inequivalent projective
representations classify different SET’s (not completely!) Symmetry enriched topological order GH = Gψ H2[G, U(1)] Ug U † g gh = k : UgUh = eiφghUk
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SLIDE 57
  • Topological degeneracy: Ground state degeneracy on

the torus is equal to the number of QP
  • Minimally entangled ground states (MES) of a topological
system on torus are eigenstates of Wilson loop operators 
 parallel to the bipartite cut

  • QP of type a and are localized at the edges of the cut
Symmetry enriched topological order Wy (a) (b) A B W y [Zhang et al. ’12; Grover et al. ’12; Cincio & Vidal ’12, Wen ’90] (b) A B
  • a
a x y
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SLIDE 58
  • MES can also be obtained for an infinite cylinder 

(locally equivalent to a large torus)
  • A liquid (e.g., toric code) has

four quasiparticle types
  • Map cylinder to an effective one-dimensional system: 

extract projective representations of QPs like in 1D SPTP Z2 1 e f m [Kitaev ’01]
  • Symmetry enriched topological order
[Cincio & Vidal ’12, Zaletel et al ‘13] [Cirac et al ’11]
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SLIDE 59
  • bosons model state:

loop gas of AKLT chains
  • and -particles in projective 

( ) representation
  • Represented by tensor product state
Z2 e f S = 1/2 S = 1 χ = 3 QP 1 e m f UxUzU −1 x U −1 z 1
  • 1
1
  • 1
Symmetry enriched topological order C.-Y. Huang, X. Chen, and FP , Phys. Rev. B 90, 045142 (2014)
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SLIDE 60
  • RVB state on the kagome lattice:

spin liquid states (spin 1/2 singlets)
  • and -particles in projective 

( ) representation
  • Represented by tensor product state
Z2 e f S = 1/2 χ = 3 (a) (b) (c) 1.5 (b) (d) Symmetry enriched topological order QP 1 e m f UxUzU −1 x U −1 z 1
  • 1
1
  • 1
C.-Y. Huang, X. Chen, and FP , Phys. Rev. B 90, 045142 (2014)
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SLIDE 61
  • “String order (SO) parameter”: SO detects the projective
representations of anyons
  • Selection rule forces SO to vanish if edge spins are
fractionalized
 5 10 15 20 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 4 L-1 SO(n) n m-MES L=2 L=3 L=4 L=5 L=6 L=7 4 8 12 16 20 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 n f-MES L=2 L=3 L=4 L=5 L=6 L=7 5 10 15 20 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 n e - MES L=2 L=3 L=4 L=5 L=6 L=7 5 10 15 20 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 n I - MES L=2 L=3 L=4 L=5 L=6 L=7 SO = hψ0| n Y j=1 exp(iSz j )|ψ0i 1 e f m n ... ... XL XR ... (a) (b) a Symmetry enriched topological order C.-Y. Huang, X. Chen, and FP , Phys. Rev. B 90, 045142 (2014)
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SLIDE 62 Dynamics of topological excitations
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SLIDE 63 Kitaev-Heisenberg model
  • Density-Matrix Renormalization Group
  • Infinite cylinders with circumference up to
  • Extract both static and dynamic properties
L = 12 [White ‘92]
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SLIDE 64 Kitaev-Heisenberg model
  • Kitaev model on the honeycomb lattice is

an exactly solvable quantum spin liquid 
 [Kitaev ’06]
  • Fractionalized excitations: 

gapless majoranas and static gapped fluxes
  • Kitaev-Heisenberg model

[Jackeli and Khaliullin ‘09] 
 
 
 
 
 
 Experimental relevance: Iridates, alpha-RuCl3,… hi, ji
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SLIDE 65 Kitaev-Heisenberg model
  • Phase diagram of the Kitaev-Heisenberg model
[Jackeli and Khaliullin ‘09] [Matthias Gohlke, Ruben Verresen, FP , Roderich Moessner]
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SLIDE 66
  • Dynamical structure factor:
S(~ q, !) = X n
  • h n|S+
~ q | 0i
  • 2
(! + !0 !n) [Mourigal et al, ’13] |f i
  • Magnetic field - Spin waves
No magnetic field - Fractionalized spinons
  • Fractional spinon excitations in the quantum
Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain (CuSO4·5D2O) Dynamical Response Dynamical Response
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SLIDE 67 Spin-1 Heisenberg S(k, ω) C(x, t) = hψ0|S− x (t)S+ 0 (0)|ψ0i S(k, ω) = X x Z ∞ −∞ dte−i(kx+ωt)C(x, t)
  • Dynamical structure factor
Dynamical Response
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SLIDE 68 1 + t X x Hx | {z } ✏∼L2t2 ≈ 1 + t X x Hx + t2 X x<y HxHy + t3 X x<y<z HxHyHz + . . . Neglect overlapping 
 terms in expansion Compact matrix product

  • perator representation
α β jn W [n]jnj0 n αβ = j0 n
  • Hamiltonian expressed as a sum of terms

Expand for : H = P x Hx t ⌧ 1 U = exp(−itH) | {z } ✏∼Lt2 1 + t X x Hx → Y x (1 + tHx) [Zaletel et al ‘15] MPO based time evolution
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SLIDE 69 D D − 1 dimensional
 Hamiltonian MPO dimensional
 time evolution MPO
  • Matrix product operators….
MPO based time evolution
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  • Dynamical correlation functions in the 

Haldane Shastry model [Haldane & Zirnbauer ’93] HHS = X x,r>0 Sx · Sx+r r2 . MPO based time evolution
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SLIDE 71 Dynamical correlations of the Kitaev-HB model anisotropy + Heisenberg [Matthias Gohlke, Ruben Verresen, FP , Roderich Moessner]
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SLIDE 72 Dynamical correlations of the Kitaev-HB model [Matthias Gohlke, Ruben Verresen, FP , Roderich Moessner]