Gapped Quantum Systems: From Higher Dimensional Lieb-Schultz-Mattis to the Quantum Hall Effect

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.01854v1
• Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 19:25:03 GMT
• Title: Gapped Quantum Systems: From Higher Dimensional Lieb-Schultz-Mattis to the Quantum Hall Effect
• Authors: Matthew B. Hastings
• Abstract summary: We consider many-body quantum systems on a finite lattice, where the Hilbert space is the tensor product of finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces associated with each site. We are interested in proving uniform bounds on various properties as the size of the lattice tends to infinity.
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• Abstract: We consider many-body quantum systems on a finite lattice, where the Hilbert space is the tensor product of finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces associated with each site, and where the Hamiltonian of the system is a sum of local terms. We are interested in proving uniform bounds on various properties as the size of the lattice tends to infinity. An important case is when there is a spectral gap between the lowest state(s) and the rest of the spectrum which persists in this limit, corresponding to what physicists call a ``phase of matter". Here, the combination of elementary Fourier analysis with the technique of Lieb-Robinson bounds (bounds on the velocity of propagation) is surprisingly powerful. We use this to prove exponential decay of connected correlation functions, a higher-dimensional Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorem, and a Hall conductance quantization theorem for interacting electrons with disorder.

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