Ground state fidelity and quantum phase transitions in free Fermi systems

Details Ground state fidelity and quantum phase transitions in free Fermi systems Ground state fidelity and quantum phase transitions in free Fermi systems

2006-06-15

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606130v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 2 figures

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We compute the fidelity between the ground states of general quadratic fermionic hamiltonians and analyze its connections with quantum phase transitions. Each of these systems is characterized by a $L\times L$ real matrix whose polar decomposition, into a non-negative $\Lambda$ and a unitary $T$, contains all the relevant ground state (GS) information. The boundaries between different regions in the GS phase diagram are given by the points of, possibly asymptotic, singularity of $\Lambda$. This latter in turn implies a critical drop of the fidelity function. We present general results as well as their exemplification by a model of fermions on a totally connected graph.

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