Emergent fractons and algebraic quantum liquid from plaquette melting transitions
Yizhi You, Zhen Bi, Michael Pretko
Abstract
This paper uncovers the properties of topological defects in valence plaquette solid phases on square and cubic lattices and show that the defects of the order parameter, in addition to possessing non-trivial quantum numbers, exhibit fracton behavior with special mobility constraints
Topics & Concepts
QuantumPhysicsFractonAlgebraic numberQuantum phasesCondensed matter physicsValence (chemistry)Theoretical physicsQuantum mechanicsQuantum fluctuationQuantum phase transitionTopological defectPhase transitionTopological orderStatistical physicsOrder (exchange)Square (algebra)First orderAlgebraic structureSolid solutionQuantum many-body systemsAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsTopological Materials and Phenomena