Phase diagram of the toric code model in a parallel magnetic field

Details Phase diagram of the toric code model in a parallel magnetic field Phase diagram of the toric code model in a parallel magnetic field

2012-01-31

arxiv.org/abs/1201.6409v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

8 pages, 17 figures

Scientific paper

Ground-state phase diagram of the toric code model in a parallel magnetic field has three distinct phases: topological, charge-condensed, and vortex-condensed states. To study it we consider an implicit local order parameter characterizing the transition between the topological and charge-condensed phases, and sample it using continuous-time Monte Carlo simulations. The corresponding second-order transition line is obtained by finite-size scaling analysis of this order parameter. Symmetry breaking between charges and vortices along the first-order transition line is also observed, and our numerical result shows that the end point of the first-order transition line is located at $h_x^{(c)}=h_z^{(c)}=0.418(2)$.

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