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Researchers have identified a novel "disorder-free quantum glass" state in a one-dimensional spin model featuring exponential U(1) symmetry. This condensate exhibits an unprecedented number of ground states and finite entropy density, challenging existing classifications of quantum phases of matter. The discovery highlights fundamental theoretical advancements in understanding complex quantum symmetries and spontaneous symmetry breaking.
Exponential Symmetry Creates a ‘Disorder-Free Quantum Glass
The researchers study a one-dimensional spin quantum breakdown model, which has an exponential U(1) symmetry with charge unit decaying as 2^(-j) with site position j. The model with spin S ≥ 2 exhibits an exponential U(1) spontaneous symmetry-breaking (SSB) phase, dubbed a quantum breakdown condensate, behaving as a disorder-free quantum glass.
Yu-Min Hu of the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, alongside colleagues at Harvard University and Princeton University, have identified a novel quantum state of matter exhibiting a large number of ground states. Their work studies a one-dimensional spin model possessing an exponential U(1) symmetry where charge decays as 2 to the power of negative j, with site position j. As a result of their findings, they demonstrate that in a lattice of length L, this condensate possesses approximately 2 to the power of L spontaneous symmetry-breaking ground states originating from the approximately 2 to the power of L number…
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