Many-body quantum catalysts for transforming between phases of matter

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23354v1
• Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:03:21 GMT
• Title: Many-body quantum catalysts for transforming between phases of matter
• Authors: David T. Stephen, Rahul Nandkishore, Jian-Hao Zhang,
• Abstract summary: We apply the notion of catalysts to many-body quantum physics. We construct catalysts that enable transformations between different symmetry-protected topological phases of matter. We show how the catalyst approach leads to new insights into the structure of certain phases of matter.
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• Abstract: A catalyst is a substance that enables otherwise impossible transformations between states of a system, without being consumed in the process. In this work, we apply the notion of catalysts to many-body quantum physics. In particular, we construct catalysts that enable transformations between different symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phases of matter using symmetric finite-depth quantum circuits. We discover a wide variety of catalysts, including GHZ-like states which spontaneously break the symmetry, gapless states with critical correlations, topological orders with symmetry fractionalization, and spin-glass states. These catalysts are all united under a single framework which has close connections to the theory of quantum anomalies, and we use this connection to put strong constraints on possible pure- and mixed-state catalysts. We also show how the catalyst approach leads to new insights into the structure of certain phases of matter, and to new methods to efficiently prepare SPT phases with long-range interactions or projective measurements.

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