(3+1)D topological orders with only a $\mathbb{Z}_2$-charged particle
Quantum Algebra
2020-11-24 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons
High Energy Physics - Theory
Category Theory
Abstract
There is exactly one bosonic (3+1)-dimensional topological order whose only nontrivial particle is an emergent boson: pure gauge theory. There are exactly two (3+1)-dimensional topological orders whose only nontrivial particle is an emergent fermion: pure "spin-" gauge theory, in which the dynamical field is a spin structure; and an anomalous version thereof. I give three proofs of this classification, varying from hands-on to abstract. Along the way, I provide a detailed study of the braided fusion -category of string and particle operators in pure spin- gauge theory.
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@article{arxiv.2011.11165,
title = {(3+1)D topological orders with only a $\mathbb{Z}_2$-charged particle},
author = {Theo Johnson-Freyd},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.11165},
year = {2020}
}
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30 pages