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Characterizing topological order by studying the ground states of an infinite cylinder
Given a microscopic lattice Hamiltonian for a topologically ordered phase, we
describe a tensor network approach to characterize its emergent anyon model
and, in a chiral phase, also its gapless edge theory. First, a tensor network
representation of a complete, orthonormal set of ground states on a cylinder of
infinite length and finite width is obtained through numerical optimization.
Each of these ground states is argued to have a different anyonic flux
threading through the cylinder. In a chiral phase, the entanglement spectrum of
each ground state is seen to reveal a different sector of the corresponding
gapless edge theory. A quasi-orthogonal basis on the torus is then produced by
chopping off and reconnecting the tensor network representation on the
cylinder. Elaborating on the recent proposal of [Y. Zhang et al. Phys. Rev. B
85, 235151 (2012)], a rotation on the torus yields an alternative basis of
ground states and, through the computation of overlaps between bases, the
modular matrices S and U (containing the mutual and self statistics of the
different anyon species) are extracted. As an application, we study the
hard-core boson Haldane model by using the two-dimensional density matrix
renormalization group. A thorough characterization of the universal properties
of this lattice model, both in the bulk and at the edge, unambiguously shows
that its ground space realizes the \nu=1/2 bosonic Laughlin state.Comment: 10 pages, 11 figure
The solution of the quantum T-system for arbitrary boundary
We solve the quantum version of the -system by use of quantum
networks. The system is interpreted as a particular set of mutations of a
suitable (infinite-rank) quantum cluster algebra, and Laurent positivity
follows from our solution. As an application we re-derive the corresponding
quantum network solution to the quantum -system and generalize it to
the fully non-commutative case. We give the relation between the quantum
-system and the quantum lattice Liouville equation, which is the quantized
-system.Comment: 24 pages, 18 figure
Conformal Invariance in (2+1)-Dimensional Stochastic Systems
Stochastic partial differential equations can be used to model second order
thermodynamical phase transitions, as well as a number of critical
out-of-equilibrium phenomena. In (2+1) dimensions, many of these systems are
conjectured (and some are indeed proved) to be described by conformal field
theories. We advance, in the framework of the Martin-Siggia-Rose field
theoretical formalism of stochastic dynamics, a general solution of the
translation Ward identities, which yields a putative conformal energy-momentum
tensor. Even though the computation of energy-momentum correlators is
obstructed, in principle, by dimensional reduction issues, these are bypassed
by the addition of replicated fields to the original (2+1)-dimensional model.
The method is illustrated with an application to the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ)
model of surface growth. The consistency of the approach is checked by means of
a straightforward perturbative analysis of the KPZ ultraviolet region, leading,
as expected, to its conformal fixed point.Comment: Title, abstract and part of the text have been rewritten. To be
published in Physical Review E
Chern-Simons matrix models and Stieltjes-Wigert polynomials
Employing the random matrix formulation of Chern-Simons theory on Seifert
manifolds, we show how the Stieltjes-Wigert orthogonal polynomials are useful
in exact computations in Chern-Simons matrix models. We construct a
biorthogonal extension of the Stieltjes-Wigert polynomials, not available in
the literature, necessary to study Chern-Simons matrix models when the geometry
is a lens space. We also discuss several other results based on the properties
of the polynomials: the equivalence between the Stieltjes-Wigert matrix model
and the discrete model that appears in q-2D Yang-Mills and the relationship
with Rogers-Szego polynomials and the corresponding equivalence with an unitary
matrix model. Finally, we also give a detailed proof of a result that relates
quantum dimensions with averages of Schur polynomials in the Stieltjes-Wigert
ensemble.Comment: 25 pages, AMS-LaTe
Loop model with mixed boundary conditions, qKZ equation and alternating sign matrices
The integrable loop model with mixed boundary conditions based on the
1-boundary extended Temperley--Lieb algebra with loop weight 1 is considered.
The corresponding qKZ equation is introduced and its minimal degree solution
described. As a result, the sum of the properly normalized components of the
ground state in size L is computed and shown to be equal to the number of
Horizontally and Vertically Symmetric Alternating Sign Matrices of size 2L+3. A
refined counting is also considered
Some Correlation Functions of Minimal Superconformal Models Coupled to Supergravity
We compute general three-point functions of minimal superconformal models
coupled to supergravity in the Neveu-Schwarz sector for spherical topology thus
extending to the superconformal case the results of Goulian and Li and of
Dotsenko.Comment: 15 page
The effects of non-abelian statistics on two-terminal shot noise in a quantum Hall liquid in the Pfaffian state
We study non-equilibrium noise in the tunnelling current between the edges of
a quantum Hall liquid in the Pfaffian state, which is a strong candidate for
the plateau at . To first non-vanishing order in perturbation theory
(in the tunneling amplitude) we find that one can extract the value of the
fractional charge of the tunnelling quasiparticles. We note however that no
direct information about non-abelian statistics can be retrieved at this level.
If we go to higher-order in the perturbative calculation of the non-equilibrium
shot noise, we find effects due to non-Abelian statistics. They are subtle, but
eventually may have an experimental signature on the frequency dependent shot
noise. We suggest how multi-terminal noise measurements might yield a more
dramatic signature of non-Abelian statistics and develop some of the relevant
formalism.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, a few change
"Spread" restricted Young diagrams from a 2D WZNW dynamical quantum group
The Fock representation of the Q-operator algebra for the diagonal WZNW model
on SU(n) at level k, where Q is the matrix of the 2D WZNW "zero modes"
generating certain dynamical quantum group, is finite dimensional and has a
natural basis labeled by su(n) Young diagrams Y of "spread" not exceeding h :=
k+n (spr (Y) = #(columns) + #(rows))Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, submitted to the Proceedings of the 11th
International Workshop "Lie Theory and Its Applications in Physics" (Varna,
Bulgaria, 15-21 June 2015); v.2 - amended Introduction, figures and list of
reference
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