Path-integral Monte Carlo for the Gauge-fixed Berry Connection and the Local Z_2 Berry Phase

Abstract

We present a general formula of the gauge-fixed Berry connection which can be evaluated by path- integral Monte Carlo method. We also propose that the gauge-fixed local Berry connection can be an- other effective tool to estimate precisely the quantum critical point. For a demonstration, we calculate the gauge-fixed Berry connection and the local Z2 Berry phase of the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a staggered bond-alternating ladder, and estimated quantum critical point is consistent with other methods.