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A Generalization of Non-Abelian Anyons in Three Dimensions

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2017-06-23 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We introduce both an exactly solvable model and a coupled-layer construction for an exotic, three-dimensional phase of matter with immobile topological excitations that carry a protected internal degeneracy. Unitary transformations on this degenerate Hilbert space may be implemented by braiding certain point-like excitations. This provides a new way of extending non-Abelian statistics to three-dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.1706.07070,
  title  = {A Generalization of Non-Abelian Anyons in Three Dimensions},
  author = {Sagar Vijay and Liang Fu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.07070},
  year   = {2017}
}

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9 pages, 7 figures