Vison condensation and spinon confinement in a kagome-lattice $\mathbb{Z}_2$ spin liquid: A numerical study of a quantum dimer model

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13154v3
• Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:53:03 GMT
• Title: Vison condensation and spinon confinement in a kagome-lattice $\mathbb{Z}_2$ spin liquid: A numerical study of a quantum dimer model
• Authors: Kyusung Hwang,
• Abstract summary: We study a transition between a $mathbbZ$ spin liquid ($mathbbZ$SL) and a bond solid (VBS) on the kagome lattice. The transition is driven by the condensation of vison excitation of the $mathbbZ$ spin liquid. We find an interesting state that exhibits features of spin liquid and VBS simultaneously.
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• Abstract: Quantum spin liquids are exotic many-body states featured with long-range entanglement and fractional anyon quasiparticles. Quantum phase transitions of spin liquids are particularly interesting problems related with novel phenomena of anyon condensation and anyon confinement. Here we study a quantum dimer model which implements a transition between a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ spin liquid ($\mathbb{Z}_2$SL) and a valence bond solid (VBS) on the kagome lattice. The transition is driven by the condensation of vison excitation of the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ spin liquid, which impacts on other anyon excitations especially leading to the confinement of spinon excitations. By numerical exact diagonalization of the dimer model, we directly measure the vison condensation using vison string operators, and explicitly check a confining potential acting on spinon excitations in the VBS state. It is observed that topological degeneracy of the spin-liquid state is lifted concomitantly with the vison condensation. The dimer ordering pattern of the VBS state is identified by investigating dimer structure factor. Furthermore, we find an interesting state that exhibits features of spin liquid and VBS simultaneously. We discuss the origin of the mixed behaviors and possible scenarios expected in thermodynamic limit. This work complements the previous analytical studies on the dimer model [Phys. Rev. B 87, 104408 (2013) and Phys. Rev. B 92, 205131 (2015)] by providing numerical evidences on the vison condensation and the spinon confinement in the $\mathbb{Z}_2$SL-to-VBS transition.

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