Universal order-parameter and quantum phase transition for two-dimensional q-state quantum Potts model

We investigate quantum phase transitions for q-state quantum Potts models(q=2,3,4)on a square lattice and for the Ising model on a honeycomb lattice by using the infinite projected entangled-pair state algorithm with a simplified updating scheme.We extend the universal order parameter to a two-dimensional lattice system,which allows us to explore quantum phase transitions with symmetry-broken order for any translation-invariant quantum lattice system of the symmetry group G.The universal order parameter is zero in the symmetric phase,and it ranges from zero to unity in the symmetry-broken phase.The ground-state fidelity per lattice site is computed,and a pinch point is identified on the fidelity surface near the critical point.The results offer another example highlighting the connection between(i)critical points for a quantum many-body system undergoing a quantum phase-transition and(ii)pinch points on a fidelity surface.In addition,we discuss three quantum coherence measures:the quantum Jensen–Shannon divergence,the relative entropy of coherence,and the l1norm of coherence,which are singular at the critical point,thereby identifying quantum phase transitions.