Supersymmetry and multicriticality in a ladder of constrained fermions

Supersymmetric lattice models of constrained fermions are known to feature exotic phenomena such as superfrustration, with an extensive degeneracy of ground states, the nature of which is however generally unknown. Here we address this issue by considering a superfrustrated model, which we deform...

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Main Author: Natalia Chepiga, Jiří Minář, Kareljan Schoutens
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Language:English
Published: SciPost 2021-09-01
Series:SciPost Physics
Online Access:https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.11.3.059
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description Supersymmetric lattice models of constrained fermions are known to feature exotic phenomena such as superfrustration, with an extensive degeneracy of ground states, the nature of which is however generally unknown. Here we address this issue by considering a superfrustrated model, which we deform from the supersymetric point. By numerically studying its two-parameter phase diagram, we reveal a rich phenomenology. The vicinity of the supersymmetric point features period-4 and period-5 density waves which are connected by a floating phase (incommensurate Luttinger liquid) with smoothly varying density. The supersymmetric point emerges as a multicritical point between these three phases. Inside the period-4 phase we report a valence-bond solid type ground state that persists up to the supersymmetric point. Our numerical data for transitions out of density-wave phases are consistent with the Pokrovsky-Talapov universality class. Furthermore, our analysis unveiled a period-3 phase with a boundary determined by a competition between single and two-particle instabilities accompanied by a doubling of the wavevector of the density profiles along a line in the phase diagram.
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spelling doaj.art-730724b37508480cbab1ba8acac7339c2022-12-21T22:32:54ZengSciPostSciPost Physics2542-46532021-09-0111305910.21468/SciPostPhys.11.3.059Supersymmetry and multicriticality in a ladder of constrained fermionsNatalia Chepiga, Jiří Minář, Kareljan SchoutensSupersymmetric lattice models of constrained fermions are known to feature exotic phenomena such as superfrustration, with an extensive degeneracy of ground states, the nature of which is however generally unknown. Here we address this issue by considering a superfrustrated model, which we deform from the supersymetric point. By numerically studying its two-parameter phase diagram, we reveal a rich phenomenology. The vicinity of the supersymmetric point features period-4 and period-5 density waves which are connected by a floating phase (incommensurate Luttinger liquid) with smoothly varying density. The supersymmetric point emerges as a multicritical point between these three phases. Inside the period-4 phase we report a valence-bond solid type ground state that persists up to the supersymmetric point. Our numerical data for transitions out of density-wave phases are consistent with the Pokrovsky-Talapov universality class. Furthermore, our analysis unveiled a period-3 phase with a boundary determined by a competition between single and two-particle instabilities accompanied by a doubling of the wavevector of the density profiles along a line in the phase diagram.https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.11.3.059
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title Supersymmetry and multicriticality in a ladder of constrained fermions
title_full Supersymmetry and multicriticality in a ladder of constrained fermions
title_fullStr Supersymmetry and multicriticality in a ladder of constrained fermions
title_full_unstemmed Supersymmetry and multicriticality in a ladder of constrained fermions
title_short Supersymmetry and multicriticality in a ladder of constrained fermions
title_sort supersymmetry and multicriticality in a ladder of constrained fermions
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