Breakdown of a perturbed Z_N topological phase

Details Breakdown of a perturbed Z_N topological phase Breakdown of a perturbed Z_N topological phase

2011-10-17

arxiv.org/abs/1110.3632v3

New J. Phys. 14, 025005 (2012)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

27 pages, 10 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/14/2/025005

We study the robustness of a generalized Kitaev's toric code with Z_N degrees of freedom in the presence of local perturbations. For N=2, this model reduces to the conventional toric code in a uniform magnetic field. A quantitative analysis is performed for the perturbed Z_3 toric code by applying a combination of high-order series expansions and variational techniques. We provide strong evidences for first- and second-order phase transitions between topologically-ordered and polarized phases. Most interestingly, our results also indicate the existence of topological multi-critical points in the phase diagram.

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