Condensed Matter Theory

Abstract:

We investigate the collective behavior of magnetic swimmers, which are suspended in a Poiseuille flow and placed under an external magnetic field, using analytical techniques and Brownian dynamics simulations. We find that the interplay between intrinsic activity, external alignment, and magnetic dipole-dipole interactions leads to longitudinal structure formation. Our work sheds light on a recent experimental observation of a clustering instability in this system.

Abstract:

We introduce a new quantity, that we term {\it recoverable information}, defined for stabilizer Hamiltonians. For such models, the recoverable information provides a measure of the topological information, as well as a physical interpretation, which is complementary to topological entanglement entropy. We discuss three different ways to calculate the recoverable information, and prove their equivalence. To demonstrate its utility, we compute recoverable information for {\it fracton models} using all three methods where appropriate. From the recoverable information, we deduce the existence of emergent Z 2 Gauss-law type constraints, which in turn imply emergent Z 2 conservation laws for point-like quasiparticle excitations of an underlying topologically ordered phase.