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arXiv:1812.09091 · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment

Onsager symmetries in U ( 1 ) -invariant clock models

Eric Vernier, Edward O’Brien, Paul Fendley

Published Apr 1, 2019• 52 citations
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Abstract

Abstract We show how the Onsager algebra, used in the original solution of the two-dimensional Ising model, arises as an infinite-dimensional symmetry of certain self-dual models that also have a symmetry. We describe in detail the example of nearest-neighbour n -state clock chains whose symmetry is enhanced to . As a consequence of the Onsager-algebra symmetry, the spectrum of these models possesses degeneracies with multiplicities 2 N for positive integer N . We construct the elements of the algebra explicitly from transfer matrices built from non-fundamental representations of the quantum-group algebra . We analyse the spectra further by using both the coordinate Bethe ansatz and a functional approach, and show that the degeneracies result from special exact n -string solutions of the Bethe equations. We also find a family of commuting chiral Hamiltonians that break the degeneracies and allow an integrable interpolation between ferro- and antiferromagnets.

DOI
10.1088/1742-5468/ab11c0

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Abstract We show how the Onsager algebra, used in the original solution of the two-dimensional Ising model, arises as an infinite-dimensional symmetry of certain self-dual models that also have a symmetry. We describe in detail the example of nearest-neighbour n -state clock chains whose symmetry is enhanced to . As a consequence of the Onsager-algebra symmetry, the spectrum of these models possesses degeneracies with multiplicities 2 N for positive integer N . We construct the elements of the algebra explicitly from transfer matrices built from non-fundamental representations of the quantum-group algebra . We analyse the spectra further by using both the coordinate Bethe ansatz and a functional approach, and show that the degeneracies result from special exact n -string solutions of the Bethe equations. We also find a family of commuting chiral Hamiltonians that break the degeneracies and allow an integrable interpolation between ferro- and antiferromagnets.
The Onsager algebra, invented to solve the two-dimensional Ising model, can be used to construct conserved charges for a family of integrable N N -state chiral clock models. We show how it naturally gives rise to a “pivot” procedure for this family of chiral Hamiltonians. These Hamiltonians have an anti-unitary CPT symmetry that when combined with the usual \mathbb{Z}_N ℤ N clock symmetry gives a non-Abelian dihedral symmetry group D_{2N} D 2 N . We show that this symmetry gives rise to symmetry-protected topological (SPT) order in this family for all even N N , and representation-SPT (RSPT) physics for all odd N N . The simplest such example is a next-nearest-neighbour chain generalising the spin-1/2 cluster model, an SPT phase of matter. We derive a matrix-product state representation of its fixed-point ground state along with the ensuing entanglement spectrum and symmetry fractionalisation. We analyse a rich phase diagram combining this model with the Onsager-integrable chiral Potts chain, and find trivial, symmetry-breaking and (R)SPT orders, as well as extended gapless regions. For odd N N , the phase transitions are “unnecessarily” critical from the SPT point of view.
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