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Solvable models for 2+1D quantum critical points: Loop soups of 1+1D conformal field theories

Published 29 Sep 2023 in cond-mat.str-el, cond-mat.stat-mech, and hep-th | (2310.00037v2)

Abstract: We construct a class of solvable models for 2+1D quantum critical points by attaching 1+1D conformal field theories (CFTs) to fluctuating domain walls forming a loop soup''. Specifically, our local Hamiltonian attaches gapless spin chains to the domain walls of a triangular lattice Ising antiferromagnet. The macroscopic degeneracy between antiferromagnetic configurations is split by the Casimir energy of each decorating CFT, which is usually negative and thus favors a short loop phase with a finite gap. However, we found a set of 1D CFT Hamiltonians for which the Casimir energy is effectively positive, making it favorable for domain walls to coalesce into a singlesnake'' which is macroscopically long and thus hosts a CFT with a vanishing gap. The snake configurations are geometrical objects also known as fully-packed self-avoiding walks or Hamiltonian walks which are described by an $\mathrm{O}(n=0)$ loop ensemble with a non-unitary 2+0D CFT description. Combining this description with the 1+1D decoration CFT, we obtain a 2+1D theory with unusual critical exponents and entanglement properties. Regarding the latter, we show that the $\log$ contributions from the decoration CFTs conspire with the spatial distribution of loops crossing the entanglement cut to generate a ``non-local area law''. Our predictions are verified by Monte Carlo simulations.

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