Topological Signatures of Magnetic Phase Transitions with Majorana Fermions through Local Observables and Quantum Information
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11731v1
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:43:34 GMT
- Title: Topological Signatures of Magnetic Phase Transitions with Majorana Fermions through Local Observables and Quantum Information
- Authors: Karyn Le Hur, Fan Yang, Magali Korolev,
- Abstract summary: The one-dimensional (1D) $J_1-J$ quantum spin model can be viewed as a strong-coupling analogue of the Schrieffer-Su-Heeger model.<n>This model also maps onto a p-wave superconducting wire which shows a topological phase transition with the emergence of low-energy Majorana fermions.<n>This system may be realized in materials and engineered in quantum circuits, optical lattices.
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- Abstract: The one-dimensional (1D) $J_1-J_2$ quantum spin model can be viewed as a strong-coupling analogue of the Schrieffer-Su-Heeger model with two inequivalent alternating Ising couplings along the wire, associated to the physics of resonating valence bonds. Similar to the quantum Ising model, which differently presents a long-range Neel ordered phase, this model also maps onto a p-wave superconducting wire which shows a topological phase transition with the emergence of low-energy Majorana fermions. We show how signatures of the topological phase transition for the p-wave superconducting wire, i.e. a half Skyrmion, are revealed through local (short-range) spin observables and their derivatives related to the capacitance of the pairing fermion model. Then, we present an edge correspondence through the edge spin susceptibility in the $J_1-J_2$ model revealing that the topological phase transition is a metal of Majorana fermions. We justify that the spin magnetization at an edge at very small transverse magnetic field is a good marker of the topological invariant. We identify a correspondence between the quantum information of resonating valence bonds and the charge fluctuations in a p-wave superconductor through our method ``the bipartite fluctuations''. This $J_1-J_2$ system may be realized in materials and engineered in quantum circuits, optical lattices.
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