Myerson-Jain NE, Liu S, Ji W, Xu C, Vijay S. Pascal's Triangle Fractal Symmetries.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022;
128:115301. [PMID:
35363032 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.128.115301]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
We introduce a model of interacting bosons exhibiting an infinite collection of fractal symmetries-termed "Pascal's triangle symmetries"-which provides a natural U(1) generalization of a spin-(1/2) system with Sierpinski triangle fractal symmetries introduced in Newman et al., [Phys. Rev. E 60, 5068 (1999).PLEEE81063-651X10.1103/PhysRevE.60.5068]. The Pascal's triangle symmetry gives rise to exact degeneracies, as well as a manifold of low-energy states which are absent in the Sierpinski triangle model. Breaking the U(1) symmetry of this model to Z_{p}, with prime integer p, yields a lattice model with a unique fractal symmetry which is generated by an operator supported on a fractal subsystem with Hausdorff dimension d_{H}=ln(p(p+1)/2)/lnp. The Hausdorff dimension of the fractal can be probed through correlation functions at finite temperature. The phase diagram of these models at zero temperature in the presence of quantum fluctuations, as well as the potential physical construction of the U(1) model, is discussed.
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