Topological Order and Quantum Criticality

Details Topological Order and Quantum Criticality Topological Order and Quantum Criticality

2009-12-16

arxiv.org/abs/0912.3272v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

24 pages, 7 figures, chapter of the book "Understanding Quantum Phase Transitions", edited by Lincoln D. Carr (CRC Press / Tay

Scientific paper

In this chapter we discuss aspects of the quantum critical behavior that occurs at a quantum phase transition separating a topological phase from a conventionally ordered one. We concentrate on a family of quantum lattice models, namely certain deformations of the toric code model, that exhibit continuous quantum phase transitions. One such deformation leads to a Lorentz-invariant transition in the 3D Ising universality class. An alternative deformation gives rise to a so-called conformal quantum critical point where equal-time correlations become conformally invariant and can be related to those of the 2D Ising model. We study the behavior of several physical observables, such as non-local operators and entanglement entropies, that can be used to characterize these quantum phase transitions. Finally, we briefly consider the role of thermal fluctuations and related phase transitions, before closing with a short overview of field theoretical descriptions of these quantum critical points.

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