“quantum geometric nesting” and solvable model flat-band systems

Z Han, J Herzog-Arbeitman, BA Bernevig, SA Kivelson - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
We introduce the concept of “quantum geometric nesting”(QGN) to characterize the
idealized ordering tendencies of certain flat-band systems implicit in the geometric structure …

Polynomial sign problem and topological Mott insulator in twisted bilayer graphene

X Zhang, G Pan, BB Chen, H Li, K Sun, ZY Meng - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We show that for the magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) away from the charge
neutrality point, although quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulations suffer from the sign …

Phase diagram of twisted bilayer graphene at filling factor

F Xie, J Kang, BA Bernevig, O Vafek, N Regnault - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We study the correlated insulating phases of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) in the absence
of lattice strain at integer filling ν=±3. Using the self-consistent Hartree-Fock method on a …

Dynamical properties of quantum many-body systems with long-range interactions

M Song, J Zhao, C Zhou, ZY Meng - Physical Review Research, 2023 - APS
Employing large-scale quantum Monte Carlo simulations, we systematically compute the
energy spectra of the two-dimensional (2D) spin-1/2 Heisenberg model with long-range …

Quantum criticality and entanglement for the two-dimensional long-range Heisenberg bilayer

M Song, J Zhao, Y Qi, J Rong, ZY Meng - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The study of quantum criticality and entanglement in systems with long-range (LR)
interactions is still in its early stages, with many open questions remaining to be explored. In …

Many versus one: The disorder operator and entanglement entropy in fermionic quantum matter

W Jiang, BB Chen, ZH Liu, J Rong, FF Assaad… - SciPost Physics, 2023 - scipost.org
Motivated by recent development of the concept of the disorder operator and its relation with
entanglement entropy in bosonic systems, here we show the disorder operator successfully …

Detecting symmetry breaking in magic angle graphene using scanning tunneling microscopy

JP Hong, T Soejima, MP Zaletel - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
A growing body of experimental work suggests that magic angle twisted bilayer graphene
exhibits a “cascade” of spontaneous symmetry-breaking transitions, sparking interest in the …

Thermodynamic characteristic for a correlated flat-band system with a quantum anomalous hall ground state

G Pan, X Zhang, H Lu, H Li, BB Chen, K Sun… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
While the ground-state phase diagram of the correlated flat-band systems has been
intensively investigated, the dynamic and thermodynamic properties of such lattice models …

Finite-temperature critical behaviors in 2D long-range quantum Heisenberg model

J Zhao, M Song, Y Qi, J Rong, ZY Meng - npj Quantum Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Mermin-Wagner theorem states that spontaneous continuous symmetry
breaking is prohibited in systems with short-range interactions at spatial dimension D≤ 2 …

Dirac fermions with plaquette interactions. I. SU (2) phase diagram with Gross-Neveu and deconfined quantum criticalities

Y Da Liao, XY Xu, ZY Meng, Y Qi - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We investigate the ground state phase diagram of an extended Hubbard model with a π-flux
hopping term at half filling on a square lattice, with unbiased large-scale auxiliary-field …