Non-zero momentum requires long-range entanglement

Abstract

We show that a quantum state in a lattice spin (boson) system must be long-range entangled if it has non-zero lattice momentum, i.e. if it is an eigenstate of the translation symmetry with eigenvalue $e^{iP}\ne 1$. Equivalently, any state that can be connected with a non-zero momentum state through a finite-depth local unitary transformation must also be long-range entangled. The statement can also be generalized to fermion systems. Some non-trivial consequences follow immediately from our theorem: (1) several different types of Lieb-Schultz-Mattis-Oshikawa-Hastings (LSMOH) theorems, including a previously unknown version involving only a discrete ${\mathbb{Z}}_n$ symmetry, can be derived in a simple manner from our result; (2) a gapped topological order (in space dimension $d>1$) must weakly break translation symmetry if one of its ground states on torus has nontrivial momentum - this generalizes the familiar physics of Tao-Thouless; (3) our result provides further evidence of the "smoothness" assumption widely used in the classification of crystalline symmetry-protected topological (cSPT) phases.

12 pages, 5 figures; RevTex4.2; Accepted in PRX

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