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Hsiang-Hsuan Hung

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Modulated pair condensate of p-orbital ultracold fermions

We show that an interesting of pairing occurs for spin-imbalanced Fermi gases under a specific experimental condition---the spin up and spin down Fermi levels lying within the $p_x$ and $s$ orbital bands of an optical lattice, respectively. The pairs condense at a finite momentum equal to the sum of the two Fermi momenta of spin up and spin down fermions and form a $p$-orbital pair condensate. This $2k_F$ momentum dependence has been seen before in the spin- and charge- density waves, but it differs from the usual $p$-wave superfluids such as $^3$He, where the orbital symmetry refers to the relative motion within each pair. Our conclusion is based on the density matrix renormalization group analysis for the one-dimensional (1D) system and mean-field theory for the quasi-1D system. The phase diagram of the quasi-1D system is calculated, showing that the $p$-orbital pair condensate occurs in a wide range of fillings. In the strongly attractive limit, the system realizes an unconventional BEC beyond Feynman's no-node theorem. The possible experimental signatures of this phase in molecule projection experiment are discussed.

cond-mat.quant-gas↗

A $Γ$-matrix generalization of the Kitaev model

We extend the Kitaev model defined for the Pauli-matrices to the Clifford algebra of $Γ$-matrices, taking the $4 \times 4$ representation as an example. On a decorated square lattice, the ground state spontaneously breaks time-reversal symmetry and exhibits a topological phase transition. The topologically non-trivial phase carries gapless chiral edge modes along the sample boundary. On the 3D diamond lattice, the ground states can exhibit gapless 3D Dirac cone-like excitations and gapped topological insulating states. Generalizations to even higher rank $Γ$-matrices are also discussed.

cond-mat.mes-hall↗

Fidelity approach to Gaussian transitions

The fidelity approach to the Gaussian transitions in spin-one XXZ spin chains with three different values of Ising-like anisotropy lambda is analyzed by means of the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) technique for systems of large sizes. We find that, despite the success in the cases of lambda=2.59 and 1, the fidelity susceptibility fails to detect the Gaussian transition for lambda=0.5. Thus our results demonstrate the limitation of the fidelity susceptibility in characterizing quantum phase transitions, which was proposed recently in general frameworks.

quant-ph↗

Search for quantum dimer phases and transitions in a frustrated spin ladder

A two-leg spin-1/2 ladder with diagonal interactions is investigated numerically. We focus our attention on the possibility of columnar dimer phase, which was recently predicted based on a reformulated bosonization theory. By using density matrix renormalization group technique and exact diagonalization method, we calculate columnar dimer order parameter, spin correlation on a rung, string order parameters, and scaled excitation gaps. Carefully using various finite-size scaling techniques, our results show no support for the existence of columnar dimer phase in the spin ladder under consideration.

cond-mat.str-el↗

Numerical evidences of spin-1/2 chain approaching spin-1 chain

In this article, we study the one dimensional Heisenberg spin-1/2 alternating bond chain in which the nearest neighbor exchange couplings are ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AF) alternatively. By using exact diagonalization and density matrix renormalization groups (DMRG) method, we discuss how the system approaches to the AF uniform spin-1 chain under certain condition. When the ratio of AF to FM coupling strength}$α$ $(α=J_{AF}/J_{F})$ \textit{is very small, the physical quantities of the alternating bond chain such as the spin-spin correlation, the string correlation function and the spin density coincide with that of the AF uniform spin-1 chain. The edge state problem is discussed in the present model with small}$α$\textit{limit. In addition, the Haldane gap of the AF uniform spin-1 chain is 4-times of the gap of the system considered.

cond-mat.str-el↗