Fermionic Projected Entangled Pair States at Finite Temperature

Abstract: An algorithm for imaginary time evolution of a fermionic projected entangled pair state (PEPS) with ancillas from infinite temperature down to a finite temperature state is presented. As a benchmark application, it is applied to spinless fermions hopping on a square lattice subject to $p$-wave pairing interactions. With a tiny bias it allows to evolve the system across a high-temperature continuous symmetry-breaking phase transition.