Exact strong zero modes are generic in integrable spin systems with large anisotropy

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.26205v1
• Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 18:00:00 GMT
• Title: Exact strong zero modes are generic in integrable spin systems with large anisotropy
• Abstract summary: Strong zero modes (SZMs) are edge-localized operators that commute with the Hamiltonian up to corrections exponentially small in system size.<n>Existing ESZM constructions in the integrable setting have proceeded model by model and have not been unified into a common framework.<n>Here, I show that ESZMs arise generically in a broad family of integrable spin models with anisotropic interactions.
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• Abstract: Strong zero modes (SZMs) are edge-localized operators that commute with the Hamiltonian up to corrections exponentially small in system size, yielding anomalously long edge coherence times. In some settings, notably certain integrable models, this commutator can be made to vanish exactly at finite size, defining an exact SZM (ESZM). Existing ESZM constructions in the integrable setting, however, have proceeded model by model and have not been unified into a common framework. Here, I show that ESZMs arise generically in a broad family of integrable spin models with anisotropic interactions. Their existence follows from two algebraic properties of the underlying R- and K-matrices -- quasi-periodicity in the spectral parameter and tracelessness, respectively -- providing a uniform, model-independent mechanism. The framework recovers the known ESZM in XXZ chain and its higher-spin generalizations as special cases and predicts ESZMs in previously unrecognized models.

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