A Spin $1/2$ Fermions Chain with $XY$ Interaction

Abstract

We consider a chain of spinful fermions with nearest neighbor hopping in the presence of a $XY$ antiferromagnetic interaction. The $XY$ term is mapped onto a Kitaev chain at half-filling such that displays a bosonic zero mode topologically protected and long-range order. As the strength of the hopping amplitude is changed, the system undergoes a quantum phase transition from the topological non-trivial to the trivial phase. We apply the finite-size scaling method to determinate the phase diagram of the model.