Abstract
We investigate the phase diagram of a quantum spin-1 chain whose Hamiltonian is invariant under a global on-site A4, translation, and lattice inversion symmetries. We detect different gapped phases characterized by a symmetry protected topological (SPT) order and symmetry breaking using matrix product state order parameters. We observe a rich variety of phases of matter characterized by a combination of symmetry breaking and symmetry fractionalization and also the interplay between the on-site and spatial symmetries. Examples of continuous phase transitions directly between topologically nontrivial SPT phases are also observed.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 045136 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 27 2016 |
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