PhyslibAlpha.ProbabilisticTheory.LocalNet.Lattice
Lattice systems
Finite sets of sites as regions, a group acting on sites, disjointness as separation, and neighbors.
i. Overview
For a lattice system, such as a crystal or a lattice of spins, the regions are finite sets of sites ordered by inclusion. A group acting on the sites, for instance the translations of the lattice, moves whole regions and preserves which lies inside which. Two regions are separated when they have no site in common. Nearby sites are described by a neighbor structure, from which enlargement of a region by a radius is built. For a periodic pattern one takes the sites to be `Λ × B` with translations of `Λ` acting on the first factor, `B` being the contents of a unit cell; nothing here requires this form, so non-rectangular lattices are included.
Restricting to a finite box and imposing periodic identification of its boundary are different constructions with different physics. Only the first is treated in this file.
ii. Key results
- `Lattice.regionAction` : translating a finite set of sites. - `Lattice.disjointSeparation` : regions with no common site are separated, and translation preserves this. - `Lattice.Neighborhoods` : which sites lie within a given radius of a site. - `Lattice.Neighborhoods.hasEnlargement` : the enlargement of a finite region by a radius. - `Lattice.Neighborhoods.enlargementEquivariant` : translating commutes with enlarging.
iii. Table of contents
- A. Regions and the group action
- B. Separation
- C. Neighbor data and enlargement
iv. References
* N. Ashcroft & N. D. Mermin, Solid State Physics, Chapters 4 and 8. * E. Lieb & D. Robinson, The finite group velocity of quantum spin systems.
A. Regions and the group action
B. Separation
C. Neighbor data and enlargement
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Group action of on finite lattice regions of
Given a group acting on a set of sites , there exists an induced group action on the collection of finite regions of the lattice (represented as finite subsets of , denoted ). For any group element and any finite region , the translated region is defined as .
Separation of regions via disjointness ()
For a set of sites , the separation relation on the collection of finite regions is defined such that two regions and are separated if and only if they are disjoint, denoted . This relation satisfies the properties of symmetry () and monotonicity ().
Group action preserves and reflects region disjointness ()
Let be a group acting on a set of sites . For any finite regions , let the separation relation be defined by disjointness, . Then the group action of on the regions preserves and reflects this separation: for any , if and only if .
Enlargement of region by radius as
Given a finite region and a non-negative radius , the enlargement of by is the finite set of sites defined by the union , where denotes the neighborhood of site with radius . This set contains all sites that are within radius of at least one site in .
For a non-negative radius and a finite region of sites , a site is an element of the enlargement of by if and only if there exists a site such that is in the neighborhood of with radius , denoted by .
Enlargement structure for finite regions
This definition equips the collection of finite regions (finite sets of sites) with an enlargement structure derived from the neighbor data . For a given radius and a finite region , the enlargement is defined as the union of neighborhoods of all sites in : where is the neighborhood of site with radius . This enlargement operation satisfies the following properties: - **Zero radius**: , meaning enlargement by zero radius returns the original region. - **Region monotonicity**: If , then . - **Radius monotonicity**: If , then . - **Radius subadditivity**: The composition of two enlargements is contained within the enlargement of the sum of their radii, i.e., .
Equivariance of neighborhood data under group action
Let be a set of sites and a group acting on . A neighbor structure is said to be equivariant if for every radius , group element , and site , the neighborhood of the transformed site at radius is equal to the neighborhood of transformed by . That is, , where the group action on the right-hand side is the lifted action of on the set of sites.
-Equivariance of Neighborhoods implies
Let be a set of sites and a group acting on . Let denote the neighborhood of a site with radius . If the neighbor structure is equivariant, such that for all , , and , then the enlargement of any finite region (defined as ) is also equivariant. That is, for any group element , radius , and finite region , the following holds:
