dc.contributor.author | Pretko, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-22T16:19:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-22T16:19:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-09 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2017-07 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2469-9950 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2469-9969 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113863 | |
dc.description.abstract | We investigate the finite-temperature screening behavior of three-dimensional U(1) spin-liquid phases with fracton excitations. Several features are shared with the conventional U(1) spin liquid. The system can exhibit spin-liquid physics over macroscopic length scales at low temperatures, but screening effects eventually lead to a smooth finite-temperature crossover to a trivial phase at sufficiently large distances. However, unlike more conventional U(1) spin liquids, we find that complete low-temperature screening of fractons requires not only very large distances, but also very long time scales. At the longest time scales, a charged disturbance (fracton) will acquire a screening cloud of other fractons, resulting in only short-range correlations in the system. At intermediate time scales, on the other hand, a fracton can only be partially screened by a cloud of mobile excitations, leaving weak power-law correlations in the system. Such residual power-law correlations may be a useful diagnostic in an experimental search for U(1) fracton phases. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (DMR-1305741) | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.115102 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
dc.source | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.title | Finite-temperature screening of U(1) fractons | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Pretko, Michael. “Finite-Temperature Screening of U (1) Fractons.” Physical Review B, vol. 96, no. 11, Sept. 2017. © 2017 American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Pretko, Michael | |
dc.relation.journal | Physical Review B | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2017-11-14T22:46:22Z | |
dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
dc.rights.holder | American Physical Society | |
dspace.orderedauthors | Pretko, Michael | en_US |
dspace.embargo.terms | N | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5013-0186 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |