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Residual entropies for three-dimensional frustrated spin systems with tensor networks

  • Laurens Vanderstraeten (Corresponding author)
  • , Bram Vanhecke
  • , Frank Verstraete

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Abstract

We develop a technique for calculating three-dimensional classical partition functions using projected entangled-pair states (PEPS). Our method is based on variational PEPS optimization algorithms for two-dimensional quantum spin systems, and allows us to compute free energies directly in the thermodynamic limit. The main focus of this work is classical frustration in three-dimensional many-body systems leading to an extensive ground-state degeneracy. We provide high-accuracy results for the residual entropy of the dimer model on the cubic lattice, water ice I-h, and water ice I-c. In addition, we show that these systems are in a Coulomb phase by computing the dipolar form of the correlation functions. As a further benchmark of our methods, we calculate the critical temperature and exponents of the Ising model on the cubic lattice.
Original languageEnglish
Article number042145
Number of pages8
JournalPhysical Review E
Volume98
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Oct 2018

Funding

This work was supported by the Flemish Research Foundation, the Austrian Science Fund (ViCoM, FoQuS), and the European Commission (QUTE 647905, ERQUAF 715861).

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 103025 Quantum mechanics
  • 103015 Condensed matter
  • 103029 Statistical physics

Keywords

  • ICE
  • FORMULATION
  • STATISTICS
  • CRYSTALS
  • PHASE

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