Quantum Glassiness

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2004-04-07

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0404182v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 040402 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.040402

Describing matter at near absolute zero temperature requires understanding a system's quantum ground state and the low energy excitations around it, the quasiparticles, which are thermally populated by the system's contact to a heat bath. However, this paradigm breaks down if thermal equilibration is obstructed. This paper presents solvable examples of quantum many-body Hamiltonians of systems that are unable to reach their ground states as the environment temperature is lowered to absolute zero. These examples, three dimensional generalizations of quantum Hamiltonians proposed for topological quantum computing, 1) have no quenched disorder, 2) have solely local interactions, 3) have an exactly solvable spectrum, 4) have topologically ordered ground states, and 5) have slow dynamical relaxation rates akin to those of strong structural glasses.

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