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arXiv:2608.02722

1+1d Lattice Dirac Fermions from Non-Onsite Vector and Axial Symmetries

Tabin Dharanikota, Lukasz Fidkowski

Published Aug 3, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract

We construct an exactly solvable Hamiltonian lattice model realizing a 1+1d Dirac fermion, with exact microscopic vector and axial vector $U(1)$ symmetries. The mixed anomaly between these is accommodated by the not-on-site action of the symmetries. Our Hilbert space is a $Z_2$-graded tensor product of local $Z_2$-graded Hilbert spaces which include infinite dimensional rotor degrees of freedom. The Hamiltonian becomes manifestly exactly solvable after a locality-preserving unitary mapping to an equivalent fermionic Villain Hilbert space. Our construction also allows an exactly solvable realization of interacting fermionic Luttinger liquids. At the free Dirac fixed point, our Hamiltonian contains irrelevant interactions, which we compute to leading order.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2608.02722

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