Quantum Monte Carlo study of a <i>Z<sub>2</sub></i> gauge theory containing phases with and without a Luttinger volume Fermi surface

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Abstract

We describe sign-problem-free quantum Monte Carlo simulations of a model of electrons, cα, at half-filling on the square lattice. The model is a Z2 gauge theory in which the cα are allowed to fractionalize into two partons carrying Z2 gauge charges: an `orthogonal’ fermion ψα carrying both the spin and the electromagnetic charge of the electron, and an Ising matter field. Among the phases found are two with no broken symmetries: (A) an orthogonal semi-metal, which has a Dirac spectrum of the ψα, and (B) a metal with a Luttinger volume Fermi surface of the cα.

*This research was supported by the NSF under Grant DMR-1664842

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Presenters

  • Subir Sachdev

    • Harvard University
    • Physics, Harvard University
    • Harvard Univ
    • Physics, Harvard Univ
    • Department of Physics, Harvard University

Authors

  • Fakher Assaad

    • University of Wurzburg
    • Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Würzburg
    • University Wuerzburg
    • Universität Würzburg
    • Physics, Universität Würzburg
    • University of Würzburg

  • Snir Gazit

    • University of California, Berkeley
    • Department of Physics, University of California
    • Univ of California - Berkeley
    • Physics, University of California, Berkeley
    • Physics, Univ of California - Berkeley

  • Subir Sachdev

    • Harvard University
    • Physics, Harvard University
    • Harvard Univ
    • Physics, Harvard Univ
    • Department of Physics, Harvard University

  • Ashvin Vishwanath

    • Physics, Harvard University
    • Department of Physics, Harvard University
    • Harvard Univ
    • Caltech