quantum discord geometric measure quantum phase transition

W. W. Cheng, Chuan-Jia Shan, Yu‐Bo Sheng +3 more

Xiu-Xing Zhang, Hongrong Li

Using the quantum renormalization group (QRG) method, we investigate the ground state geometric measure of quantum discord (GQD) of the transverse Ising model. The analytical expression of GQD together with the RG recurrence relations are obtained. The critical and scaling behaviors of GQD are investigated. Our results show that with the increasing of RG steps, GQD (first derivative of GQD) exhibits sudden change (dip) in behavior at the critical point, which indicates that the system undergoes phase transitions between the Ising and the paramagnetic phases. The critical exponent that governs the divergences of the first derivative of GQD is calculated. How the critical point of the model is approached as the increasing of the system size is revealed.

Shunlong Luo, Shuangshuang Fu

Lei Li, Qing‐Wen Wang, Shu‐Qian Shen +1 more

Chuan-Jia Shan, W. W. Cheng, Ji-Bing Liu +2 more

Quantum phase transition is one of the most interesting aspects in quantum many-body systems. Recently, geometric quantum discord has been introduced to signature the critical behavior of various quantum systems. However, it is well-known that topological quantum phase transition can not be described by the conventional Landau's symmetry breaking theory, and thus it is unknown that whether previous study can be applicable in this case. Here, we study the topological quantum phase transition in Kitaev's 1D p-wave spinless quantum wire model in terms of its ground state geometric quantum discord. The derivative of geometric quantum discord is nonanalytic at the critical point, in both zero temperature and finite temperature cases. The scaling behavior and the universality are verified numerically. Therefore, our results clearly show that all the key ingredients of the topological phase transition can be captured by the nearest neighbor and long-range geometric quantum discord.

Chuan-Jia Shan, W. W. Cheng, Ji-Bing Liu +2 more

Quantum phase transition is one of the most interesting aspects in quantum many-body systems. Recently, geometric quantum discord has been introduced to signature the critical behavior of various quantum systems. However, it is well-known that topological quantum phase transition can not be described by the conventional Landau’s symmetry breaking theory, and thus it is unknown that whether previous study can be applicable in this case. Here, we study the topological quantum phase transition in Kitaev’s 1D p-wave spinless quantum wire model in terms of its ground state geometric quantum discord. The derivative of geometric quantum discord is nonanalytic at the critical point, in both zero temperature and finite temperature cases. The scaling behavior and the universality are verified numerically. Therefore, our results clearly show that all the key ingredients of the topological phase transition can be captured by the nearest neighbor and long-range geometric quantum discord.