Deconfinement of Spinons on Critical Points: Multi-Flavor CP$^1$ + U(1) Lattice Gauge Theory in Three Dimensions

Details Deconfinement of Spinons on Critical Points: Multi-Flavor CP$^1$ + U(1) Lattice Gauge Theory in Three Dimensions Deconfinement of Spinons on Critical Points: Multi-Flavor CP$^1$ + U(1) Lattice Gauge Theory in Three Dimensions

2005-11-04

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0511107v4

Phys.Rev. B73 (2006) 075119

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

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10.1103/PhysRevB.73.075119

In this paper, we study the 3D $N_{\rm f}$-flavor CP$^1$ model (a set of $N_{\rm f}$ CP$^1$ variables) coupled with a dynamical compact U(1) gauge field by means of Monte-Carlo simulations. This model is relevant to 2D $s=1/2$ quantum spin models, and has a phase transition line which separates an ordered phase of global spin symmetry from a disordered one. From gauge theoretical point of view, the ordered phase is a Higgs phase whereas the disordered phase is a confinement phase. We are interested in the gauge dynamics just on the critical line, in particular, whether a Coulomb-like deconfinement phase is realized there. This problem is quite important to clarify low-energy excitations in certain class of quantum spin models. If the gauge dynamics is in the deconfinement phase there, spinons, which transform in the fundamental representation of the SU($N_{\rm f}$) symmetry, appear as low-energy excitations. By Monte-Carlo simulations, we found that the "phase structure" on the {\em criticality} strongly depends on the value of $N_{\rm f}$. For small $N_{\rm f}$, the confinement phase is realized, whereas the deconfinement phase appears for sufficient large $N_{\rm f}\ge 14$. This result strongly suggests that compact QED$_3$ is in a deconfinement phase for sufficiently large number of flavors of massless fermions.

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