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Height-conserving quantum dimer models

Zheng Yan1, Zi Yang Meng1,*, David A. Huse2,3, and Amos Chan4,†

  • 1Department of Physics and HKU-UCAS Joint Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
  • 2Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
  • 3Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
  • 4Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA

  • *zymeng@hku.hk
  • †amos.chan@princeton.edu

Phys. Rev. B 106, L041115 – Published 26 July, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.L041115

Abstract

We propose a height-conserving quantum dimer model (hQDM) such that the lattice sum of its associated height field is conserved, and that it admits a Rokhsar-Kivelson (RK) point. The hQDM with a minimal interaction range on the square lattice exhibits Hilbert space fragmentation and maps exactly to the XXZ spin model on the square lattice in certain Krylov subspaces. We obtain the ground-state phase diagram of hQDM via quantum Monte Carlo simulations, and demonstrate that a large portion of it is within the Krylov subspaces which admit the exact mapping to the XXZ model, with dimer ordered phases corresponding to easy-axis and easy-plane spin orders. At the RK point, the apparent dynamical exponents obtained from the single mode approximation and the height correlation function show drastically different behavior across the Krylov subspaces, exemplifying Hilbert space fragmentation and emergent glassy phenomena.

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