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arXiv:1602.07761 · Journal of Mathematical Physics

Entanglement and correlation functions of the quantum Motzkin spin-chain

Ramis Movassagh

Published Mar 1, 2017• 27 citations
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Abstract

We present exact results on the exactly solvable spin chain of Bravyi et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 207202 (2012)]. This model is a spin one chain and has a Hamiltonian that is local and translationally invariant in the bulk. It has a unique (frustration free) ground state with an energy gap that is polynomially small in the system’s size (2n). The half-chain entanglement entropy of the ground state is 12logn+const.[Bravyi et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 207202 (2012)]. Here we first write the Hamiltonian in the standard spin-basis representation. We prove that at zero temperature, the magnetization is along the z-direction, i.e., ⟨sx⟩=⟨sy⟩=0 (everywhere on the chain). We then analytically calculate ⟨sz⟩ and the two-point correlation functions of sz. By analytically diagonalizing the reduced density matrices, we calculate the Schmidt rank, von Neumann, and Rényi entanglement entropies for the following: 1. Any partition of the chain into two pieces (not necessarily in the middle) and 2. L consecutive spins centered in the middle. Further, we identify entanglement Hamiltonians (Eqs. (49) and (59)). We prove a small lemma (Lemma (1)) on the combinatorics of lattice paths using the reflection principle to relate and calculate the Motzkin walk “height” to spin expected values. We also calculate the, closely related (scaled), correlation functions of Brownian excursions. The known features of this model are summarized in a table in Sec. I.

DOI
10.1063/1.4977829

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standard spin-basis representation. We prove that at zero temperature, the magnetization is along the z direction i.e.,hs x i = hs y i = 0 (everywhere on the chain). We then analytically calculatehs z i and the two-point correlation functions of s z . By analytically diagonalizing the reduced density matrices, we calculate the Schmidt rank, von Neumann and Renyi entanglement entropies for: 1. Any partition of the chain into two pieces (not necessarily in the middle) and 2. L consecutive spins centered in the middle. Further, we identify entanglement Hamiltonians (Eqs. 40 and 50). We prove a small lemma (Lemma 1) on the combinatorics of lattice paths using the reflection principle to relate and calculate the Motzkin walk ’height’ to spin expected values. We also calculate the, closely related, (scaled) correlation functions of Brownian excursions. The known features of this model are summarized in a table in Sec. I.
Abstract The Motzkin spin chain is a spin-1 frustration-free model introduced by Shor & Movassagh. The ground state is constructed by mapping random walks on the upper half of the square lattice to spin configurations. It has unusually large entanglement entropy [quantum fluctuations]. The ground state of the Motzkin chain can be analytically described by the Motzkin paths. There is no analytical description of the excited states. The model is not solvable. We simplify the model by removing one of the local equivalence moves of the Motzkin paths. The system becomes integrable [similar to the XXX spin chain]. We call it free Motzkin chain. From the point of view of quantum integrability, the model is special since its R-matrix does not have crossing unitarity. We solve the periodic free Motzkin chain by generalizing the functional Bethe Ansatz method. We construct a T − Q relation with an additional parameter to formulate the energy spectrum. This new parameter is related to the roots of unity and can be described by the Möbius function in number theory. We observe further patterns of number theory.
Abstract We investigate ground- and excited-state properties of the deformed Fredkin spin chain proposed by Salberger, Zhang, Klich, Korepin, and the authors. This model is a one-parameter deformation of the Fredkin spin chain, whose Hamiltonian is 3-local and translationally invariant in the bulk. The model is frustration-free and its unique ground state can be expressed as a weighted superposition of colored Dyck paths. We focus on the case where the deformation parameter t > 1 . By using a variational method, we prove that the finite-size gap decays at least exponentially with increasing the system size. We prove that the magnetization in the ground state is along the z -direction, namely 〈 s x 〉 = 〈 s y 〉 = 0 , and show that the z -component 〈 s z 〉 exhibits a domain-wall structure. We then study the entanglement properties of the chain. In particular, we derive upper and lower bounds for the von Neumann and Rényi entropies, and entanglement spectrum for any bipartition of the chain.
Motzkin spin-chains, which include 'colorless' (integer spin s=1s=1s=1) and 'colorful' (s≥2s \geq 2s≥2) variants, are one-dimensional (1D) local integer spin models notable for their lack of a conformal field theory (CFT) description of their low-energy physics, despite being gapless. The colorful variants are particularly unusual, as they exhibit power-law violation of the area-law of entanglement entropy (as n\sqrt{n}n​ in system size nnn), rather than a logarithmic violation as seen in a CFT. In this work, we analytically discover several unique properties of these models, potentially suggesting a new universality class for their low-energy physics. We identify a complex structure of symmetries and unexpected scaling behavior in spin-spin correlations, which deviate from known 1D universality classes. Specifically, the s=1s=1s=1 chain exhibits U(1)U(1)U(1) spontaneous symmetry breaking and ferromagnetic order. Meanwhile, the s≥2s \geq 2s≥2 chains do not appear to spontaneously break any symmetries, but display quasi-long-range algebraic order with power-law decaying correlations, inconsistent with standard Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) critical exponents. We also derive exact asymptotic scaling expressions for entanglement measures in both colorless and colorful chains, generalizing previous results of Movassagh [J. Math Phys. (2017)], while providing benchmarks for potential quantum simulation experiments. The combination of hardness of classically simulating such systems along with the analytical tractability of their ground state properties position Motzkin spin chains as intriguing candidates for exploring quantum computational advantage in simulating many-body physics.
We carry out a systematic study of the exact block entanglement in the XXZ spin chain at Δ = −1/2. We present the first analytic expressions for reduced density matrices for n spins in a chain of length L (for n ≤6 and arbitrary but odd L ) for a truly interacting model. The entanglement entropy and the moments of the reduced density matrix and its spectrum are then easily derived. We explicitly construct the 'entanglement Hamiltonian' as the logarithm of this matrix. Exploiting the degeneracy of the ground state, we find the scaling behavior of the entanglement of the zero-temperature mixed state.
We derive some entanglement properties of the ground states for two classes of quantum spin chains described by the Fredkin model, for half-integer spins, and the Motzkin model, for integer ones. Since the ground states of the two models are known analytically, we can calculate exactly the entanglement entropy, the negativity and the quantum mutual information. We show, in particular, that these systems exhibit long-distance entanglement, namely two disjoint regions of the chains remain entangled even when their separation is sent to infinity, i.e. these systems are not affected by decoherence. This strongly entangled behavior, Finally, we show that this behavior involves disjoint segments located both at the edges and in the bulk of the chains.