A quantum liquid with deconfined fractional excitations in three dimensions

Details A quantum liquid with deconfined fractional excitations in three dimensions A quantum liquid with deconfined fractional excitations in three dimensions

2009-01-08

arxiv.org/abs/0901.1057v3

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 247001 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages, 4 figures; revised version, new figures; accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters

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Excitations which carry "fractional" quantum numbers are known to exist in one dimension in polyacetylene, and in two dimensions, in the fractional quantum Hall effect. Fractional excitations have also been invoked to explain the breakdown of the conventional theory of metals in a wide range of three-dimensional materials. However the existence of fractional excitations in three dimensions remains highly controversial. In this Letter we report direct numerical evidence for the existence of a quantum liquid phase supporting fractional excitations in a concrete, three-dimensional microscopic model - the quantum dimer model on a diamond lattice. We demonstrate explicitly that the energy cost of separating fractional monomer excitations vanishes in this liquid phase, and that its energy spectrum matches that of the Coulomb phase in (3+1) dimensional quantum electrodynamics.

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