We propose a generalized Lanczos method to generate the many-body basis states of quantum lattice models using tensor-network states （TNS）. The ground-state wave function is represented as a linear superposition com...We propose a generalized Lanczos method to generate the many-body basis states of quantum lattice models using tensor-network states （TNS）. The ground-state wave function is represented as a linear superposition composed from a set of TNS generated by Lanczos iteration. This method improves significantly the accuracy of the tensor-network algorithm and provides an effective way to enlarge the maximal bond dimension of TNS. The ground state such obtained contains significantly more entanglement than each individual TNS, reproducing correctly the logarithmic size dependence of the entanglement entropy in a critical system. The method can be generalized to non-Hamiltonian systems and to the calculation of low-lying excited states, dynamical correlation functions, and other physical properties of strongly correlated systems.展开更多
The nature of the zero-temperature phase diagram of the spin-1/2 J_(1)-J_(2)Heisenberg model on a square lattice has been debated in the past three decades,and it remains one of the fundamental problems unsettled in t...The nature of the zero-temperature phase diagram of the spin-1/2 J_(1)-J_(2)Heisenberg model on a square lattice has been debated in the past three decades,and it remains one of the fundamental problems unsettled in the study of quantum many-body theory.By using the state-of-the-art tensor network method,specifically,the finite projected entangled pair state(PEPS)algorithm,to simulate the global phase diagram of the J_(1)-J_(2)Heisenberg model up to 24×24 sites,we provide very solid evidences to show that the nature of the intermediate nonmagnetic phase is a gapless quantum spin liquid(QSL),whose spin-spin and dimer-dimer correlations both decay with a power law behavior.There also exists a valence-bond solid(VBS)phase in a very narrow region 0.56■J_(2)/J_(1)≤0.61 before the system enters the well known collinear antiferromagnetic phase.We stress that we make the first detailed comparison between the results of PEPS and the well-established density matrix renormalization group(DMRG)method through one-to-one direct benchmark for small system sizes,and thus give rise to a very solid PEPS calculation beyond DMRG.Our numerical evidences explicitly demonstrate the huge power of PEPS for highly frustrated spin systems.Finally,an effective field theory is also proposed to understand the physical nature of the discovered gapless QSL and its relation to deconfined quantum critical point(DQCP).展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11190024 and 11474331)
文摘We propose a generalized Lanczos method to generate the many-body basis states of quantum lattice models using tensor-network states （TNS）. The ground-state wave function is represented as a linear superposition composed from a set of TNS generated by Lanczos iteration. This method improves significantly the accuracy of the tensor-network algorithm and provides an effective way to enlarge the maximal bond dimension of TNS. The ground state such obtained contains significantly more entanglement than each individual TNS, reproducing correctly the logarithmic size dependence of the entanglement entropy in a critical system. The method can be generalized to non-Hamiltonian systems and to the calculation of low-lying excited states, dynamical correlation functions, and other physical properties of strongly correlated systems.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)/RGC Joint Research Scheme No.N-CUHK427/18the ANR/RGC Joint Research Scheme No.A-CUHK402/18 from the Hong Kong’s Research Grants Council+7 种基金the TNSTRONG ANR-16-CE30-0025,TNTOP ANR-18CE30-0026-01 grants awarded from the French Research Councilsupported by the NSFC(11874078 and 11834014)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiessupported by the NSFC(11861161001)the Science,Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality(ZDSYS20190902092905285)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2020B1515120100)Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone for Technology and Innovation(HZQB-KCZYB-2020050)Center for Computational Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology。
文摘The nature of the zero-temperature phase diagram of the spin-1/2 J_(1)-J_(2)Heisenberg model on a square lattice has been debated in the past three decades,and it remains one of the fundamental problems unsettled in the study of quantum many-body theory.By using the state-of-the-art tensor network method,specifically,the finite projected entangled pair state(PEPS)algorithm,to simulate the global phase diagram of the J_(1)-J_(2)Heisenberg model up to 24×24 sites,we provide very solid evidences to show that the nature of the intermediate nonmagnetic phase is a gapless quantum spin liquid(QSL),whose spin-spin and dimer-dimer correlations both decay with a power law behavior.There also exists a valence-bond solid(VBS)phase in a very narrow region 0.56■J_(2)/J_(1)≤0.61 before the system enters the well known collinear antiferromagnetic phase.We stress that we make the first detailed comparison between the results of PEPS and the well-established density matrix renormalization group(DMRG)method through one-to-one direct benchmark for small system sizes,and thus give rise to a very solid PEPS calculation beyond DMRG.Our numerical evidences explicitly demonstrate the huge power of PEPS for highly frustrated spin systems.Finally,an effective field theory is also proposed to understand the physical nature of the discovered gapless QSL and its relation to deconfined quantum critical point(DQCP).
