Role of symmetry in the interplay of T=0 quantum-phase transitions with unconventional T>0 transport properties in integrable quantum lattice systems

TL;DR

This paper investigates how a generalized SU(2) symmetry in the 1D Hubbard model influences charge transport at finite temperatures, revealing mechanisms behind exotic T>0 transport properties and their relation to T=0 quantum-phase transitions.

Contribution

It uncovers the role of a generalized charge SU(2) symmetry in generating finite charge stiffness and explains the microscopic origins of anomalous transport in integrable quantum lattice systems.

Findings

Finite charge stiffness D(T) at nonzero T due to symmetry

Microscopic mechanisms linking T>0 transport to T=0 quantum phases

Relevance to ultracold atoms, quasi-1D compounds, and nanostructures

Abstract

We show that a generalized charge SU(2) symmetry of the one-dimensional (1D) Hubbard model in an infinitesimal flux $\phi$ generates half-filling states from metallic states which lead to a finite charge stiffness $D(T)$ at finite temperature $T$, whose $T$ dependence we study. Our results are of general nature for many integrable quantum lattice systems, reveal the microscopic mechanisms behind their exotic $T>0$ transport properties and the interplay with T=0 quantum-phase transitions, and contribute to the further understanding of the transport of charge in systems of interacting ultracold fermionic atoms in 1D optical lattices, quasi-1D compounds, and 1D nanostructures.