@inproceedings{bibcite_1061, author = {Cleofe Dennielle P. Ayang-ang and Francis N. C. Paraan}, title = {Schmidt gaps in a long-range Kitaev chain}, abstract = {The Schmidt gap for a block of spins in an infinite long-range Kitaev chain is calculated as a function of interaction range and the relative strengths of the chemical potential and hopping terms. We find that for long-ranged interactions where area law violations to the entanglement entropy occur, the Schmidt gap does not appear to close rapidly with chain length. For short-ranged interactions however, the Schmidt gap vanishes in a parameter region corresponding to an antiferromagnetic phase with gapless edge modes. These results demonstrate that the Schmidt gap can be used to distinguish quantum phases in the long-range Kitaev model.}, year = {2017}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference}, pages = {SPP-2017-1C-04}, month = {7{\textendash}10 June 2017}, address = {Cebu City, Philippines}, url = {http://paperview.spp-online.org/proceedings/article/view/107}, }