Projector formalism for kept and discarded spaces of matrix product states

Abstract

Any matrix product state $|\Psi ⟩$ has a set of associated kept and discarded spaces, needed for the description of $|\Psi ⟩$, and changes thereof, respectively. These induce a partition of the full Hilbert space of the system into mutually orthogonal spaces of irreducible $n$-site variations of $|\Psi ⟩$. Here, we introduce a convenient projector formalism and diagrammatic notation to characterize these $n$-site spaces explicitly. This greatly facilitates the formulation of MPS algorithms that explicitly or implicitly employ discarded spaces. As an illustration, we derive an explicit expression for the $n$-site energy variance and evaluate it numerically for a model with long-range hopping. We also describe an efficient algorithm for computing low-lying $n$-site excitations above a finite MPS ground state.

14 pages, 2 figures

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