Energy gaps of Hamiltonians from graph Laplacians

Details Energy gaps of Hamiltonians from graph Laplacians Energy gaps of Hamiltonians from graph Laplacians

2010-10-20

arxiv.org/abs/1010.4130v3

Physics

Quantum Physics

4+2 pages, 5 figures, including mathematical supplement, Ising model presentation clarified

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The Cheeger inequalities give an upper and lower bound on the spectral gap of discrete Laplacians defined on a graph in terms of the geometric characteristics of the graph. We generalise this approach and we employ it to determine if a given discrete Hamiltonian with non-positive elements is gapped or not in the thermodynamic limit. First, we define the graph that corresponds to such a generic Hamiltonian. Then we present a suitable generalisation of the Cheeger inequalities that overcomes scaling deficiencies of the original version. By employing simple examples we illustrate how the generalised Cheeger inequalities can successfully identify gapped or gapless phases and we comment on the computational complexity of this approach.

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