Three studies in quantum criticality

Peng He, Yuzhu Jiang, Xi‐Wen Guan +1 more

Quantum criticality of strongly attractive Fermi gas with $SU(3)$ symmetry in one dimension is studied via the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz (TBA) equations.The phase transitions driven by the chemical potential $μ$, effective magnetic field $H_1$, $H_2$ (chemical potential biases) are analyzed at the quantum criticality. The phase diagram and critical fields are analytically determined by the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations in zero temperature limit. High accurate equations of state, scaling functions are also obtained analytically for the strong interacting gases. The dynamic exponent $z=2$ and correlation length exponent $ν=1/2$ read off the universal scaling form. It turns out that the quantum criticality of the three-component gases involves a sudden change of density of states of one cluster state, two or three cluster states. In general, this method can be adapted to deal with the quantum criticality of multi-component Fermi gases with $SU(N)$ symmetry.

L. De Cesare, Dimo I. Uzunov

Linchao Ding, K.L. Yao, Hua‐Hua Fu

The quantum criticality and thermodynamics for the trimerized spin-1/2 isotropic XY chain with three-spin interactions in an external magnetic field are investigated by means of the Green's function theory combined with Jordan–Wigner transformation. The ground-state phase diagrams are explored, in which various phases are identified and described by typical M–h curves. Therein, two cusps emerge for strong three-spin interactions in two gapless phases at low and high fields, respectively. Moreover, the spin correlations and two-site entanglement entropy are calculated for a further understanding of quantum phase transition (QPT). It is also found that the magnetic-field-driven quantum criticality is closely related to the energy spectrum, in which an energy gap responsible for the appearance of 1/3 magnetization plateau can be opened up by three-spin interactions. The critical behavior disappears when the temperature becomes nonzero, yielding only a crossover behavior. In addition, the gapped low-lying excitations are responsible for the observed thermodynamic behaviors, wherein a structure with three peaks in the temperature dependence of specific heat is unveiled.

Giovanni Battimelli, Giovanni Ciccotti, Pietro Greco

Han‐li Lian

By calculating the Berry Phase (BP) of a central spin, the quantum criticality of the surrounding environment described by an XY spin chain with the three-site interaction in a transverse magnetic field is explored. The BP presents anomalous behavior along the critical region. The finite-size scaling behaviors suggest that the BP of the central spin can well capture the critical properties of the XY spin chain with the three-site interaction.