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Spontaneously broken supersymmetric fracton phases with fermionic subsystem symmetries

Authors :
Katsura, Hosho
Nakayama, Yu
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

We construct a purely fermionic system with spontaneously broken supersymmetry that shares the common feature with a fracton phase of matter. Our model is gapless due to the Nambu-Goldstone mechanism. It shows a ground-state degeneracy with the "Area-law" entropy due to fermionic subsystem symmetries. In the strongly coupled limit, it becomes a variant of the Nicolai model, and the ground-state degeneracy shows the "Volume-law" entropy. Gauging the fermionic subsystem symmetry has an t'Hooft anomaly by itself, but the would-be gauged theory may possess a fermionic defect that is immobile in certain spatial directions.<br />Comment: 20 pages, v2: minor changes, reference added

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2204.01924
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2022)072