Fracton phases of matter

M Pretko, X Chen, Y You - International Journal of Modern Physics …, 2020 - World Scientific
Fractons are a new type of quasiparticle which are immobile in isolation, but can often move
by forming bound states. Fractons are found in a variety of physical settings, such as spin …

Fractons

RM Nandkishore, M Hermele - Annual Review of Condensed …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Fracton phases constitute a new class of quantum state of matter. They are characterized by
excitations that exhibit restricted mobility, being either immobile under local Hamiltonian …

Long-range entanglement from measuring symmetry-protected topological phases

N Tantivasadakarn, R Thorngren, A Vishwanath… - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
A fundamental distinction between many-body quantum states are those with short-and long-
range entanglement (SRE and LRE). The latter cannot be created by finite-depth circuits …

Ergodicity breaking arising from Hilbert space fragmentation in dipole-conserving Hamiltonians

P Sala, T Rakovszky, R Verresen, M Knap, F Pollmann - Physical Review X, 2020 - APS
We show that the combination of charge and dipole conservation—characteristic of fracton
systems—leads to an extensive fragmentation of the Hilbert space, which, in turn, can lead …

Localization from Hilbert space shattering: From theory to physical realizations

V Khemani, M Hermele, R Nandkishore - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We show how a finite number of conservation laws can globally “shatter” Hilbert space into
exponentially many dynamically disconnected subsectors, leading to an unexpected …

Fracton topological order, generalized lattice gauge theory, and duality

S Vijay, J Haah, L Fu - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We introduce a generalization of conventional lattice gauge theory to describe fracton
topological phases, which are characterized by immobile, pointlike topological excitations …

Fractons, dipole symmetries and curved spacetime

L Bidussi, J Hartong, E Have, J Musaeus, S Prohazka - SciPost Physics, 2022 - scipost.org
We study complex scalar theories with dipole symmetry and uncover a no-go theorem that
governs the structure of such theories and which, in particular, reveals that a Gaussian …

Fracton hydrodynamics

A Gromov, A Lucas, RM Nandkishore - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
We introduce new classes of hydrodynamic theories inspired by the recently discovered
fracton phases of quantum matter. Fracton phases are characterized by elementary …

Fracton-elasticity duality

M Pretko, L Radzihovsky - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Motivated by recent studies of fractons, we demonstrate that elasticity theory of a two-
dimensional quantum crystal is dual to a fracton tensor gauge theory, providing a concrete …

Anomalous diffusion in dipole-and higher-moment-conserving systems

J Feldmeier, P Sala, G De Tomasi, F Pollmann… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
The presence of global conserved quantities in interacting systems generically leads to
diffusive transport at late times. Here, we show that systems conserving the dipole moment …