Symmetry protected topological phases for 1-dimensional spin-1 antiferromagnets
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Abstract
Symmetry protected topological phases for 1-dimensional S=1 antiferromagnets respecting D2+T symmetry (D2 is a point group and T is the time reversal symmetry) are studied. There are 15 different nontrivial topological phases, all of them are non-symmetry-breaking. One of these phases is the usual Haldane phase, and the others are new. We find that four of the nontrivial SPT phases can be realized in spin-1 chains and the rest can be realized in spin-1 ladders. We propose experimental methods to distinguish all of these phases.
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Authors
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Zheng-Xin Liu
Tsinghua university
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Xie Chen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Xiao-Gang Wen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, MIT, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology