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Magnetoquantum Oscillations In The Specific Heat Of A Topological Kondo Insulator, Patrick G. Labarre, Andreas Rydh, J. Palmer-Fortune, J. A. Frothingham, S. T. Hannahs, Arthur P. Ramirez, Nathanael Alexander Fortune Sep 2022

Magnetoquantum Oscillations In The Specific Heat Of A Topological Kondo Insulator, Patrick G. Labarre, Andreas Rydh, J. Palmer-Fortune, J. A. Frothingham, S. T. Hannahs, Arthur P. Ramirez, Nathanael Alexander Fortune

Physics: Faculty Publications

Surprisingly, magnetoquantum oscillations (MQO) characteristic of a metal with a Fermi surface have been observed in measurements of the topological Kondo insulator SmB6. As these MQO have only been observed in measurements of magnetic torque (dHvA) and not in measurements of magnetoresistance (SdH), a debate has arisen as to whether the MQO are an extrinsic effect arising from rareearth impurities, defects, and/or aluminum inclusions or an intrinsic effect revealing the existence of charge-neutral excitations. We report here the first observation of magnetoquantum oscillations in the low-temperature specific heat of SmB6. The observed frequencies and their angular dependence for these flux-grown …


Quantum Counter-Terms For Lattice Field Theory On Curved Manifolds, Evan K. Owen, Casey E. Berger, Richard C. Brower, George T. Fleming, Andrew D. Gasbarro, Timothy G. Raben Jul 2022

Quantum Counter-Terms For Lattice Field Theory On Curved Manifolds, Evan K. Owen, Casey E. Berger, Richard C. Brower, George T. Fleming, Andrew D. Gasbarro, Timothy G. Raben

Physics: Faculty Publications

We present the necessity of counter-terms for Quantum Finite Element (QFE) simulations of ϕ4 theory on non-trivial simplicial manifolds with semi-regular lattice spacing. By computing the local cut-off dependence of UV divergent diagrams we found that the symmetries of the continuum theory are restored for ϕ4 theory on the manifolds S2 and S2 × R in the weak coupling regime [1, 2]. Here we consider the construction of non-perturbative local counter-terms in an attempt to approach the strong coupling Wilson-Fisher IR fixed point.


Prospects For Lattice Qfts On Curved Riemann Manifolds, Richard C. Brower, Casey E. Berger, George T. Fleming, Andrew D. Gasbarro, Evan K. Owen, Timothy G. Raben, Chung I. Tan, Evan S. Weinberg Jul 2022

Prospects For Lattice Qfts On Curved Riemann Manifolds, Richard C. Brower, Casey E. Berger, George T. Fleming, Andrew D. Gasbarro, Evan K. Owen, Timothy G. Raben, Chung I. Tan, Evan S. Weinberg

Physics: Faculty Publications

Conformal or near conformal Quantum Field Theories QFT) would benefit from a rigorous non-perturbative lattice formulation beyond the flat Euclidean space, Rd. Although all UV complete QFT are generally acknowledged to be perturbatively renormalizable on smooth Riemann manifolds, non-perturbative realization on simplicial lattices (triangulation) encounter difficulties as the UV cut-off is removed. We review the Quantum Finite Element (QFE) method that combines classical Finite Element with new quantum counter terms designed to address this. The construction for maximally symmetric spaces (Sd, R × Sd−1 and AdSd+1) is outlined with numerical tests on R × S2 and a description of theoretical …