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TT 11: Topology: Quantum Hall Systems
TT 11.6: Talk
Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 11:00–11:15, H10
Synthetic gravitational horizons in low-dimensional quantum matter — •Corentin Morice1, Ali G. Moghaddam2,3, Dmitry Chernyavsky2, Jasper van Wezel1, and Jeroen van den Brink2,4 — 1Institute for Theoretical Physics and Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GL Amsterdam, The Netherlands — 2Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany — 3Department of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran — 4Institute for Theoretical Physics and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Technische Universitt Dresden, 01069 Dresden, German
We propose a class of lattice models realizable in a wide range of setups whose low-energy dynamics exactly reduces to Dirac fields subjected to (1+1)-dimensional gravitational backgrounds, including (anti-)de Sitter spacetime. Wave-packets propagating on the lattice exhibit an eternal slowdown for power-law position-dependent hopping integrals t(x)∝ xγ when γ≥ 1, signalling the formation of black hole event horizons. For γ< 1 instead the wave-packets behave radically different and bounce off the horizon. We show that the eternal slowdown relates to a zero-energy spectral singularity of the lattice model and that the semiclassical wave packets trajectories coincide with the geodesics on (1+1)D dilaton gravity, paving the way for new and experimentally feasible routes to mimic black hole horizons and realize (1+1)D spacetimes as they appear in certain gravity theories.