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A lattice model for condensation in Levin-Wen systems

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2023-03-15 v2 Mathematical Physics Category Theory math.MP Quantum Algebra Quantum Physics

Abstract

Levin-Wen string-net models provide a construction of (2+1)D topologically ordered phases of matter with anyonic localized excitations described by the {Drinfeld} center of a unitary fusion category. Anyon condensation is a mechanism for phase transitions between (2+1)D topologically ordered phases. We construct an extension of Levin-Wen models in which tuning a parameter implements anyon condensation. We also describe the classification of anyons in Levin-Wen models via representation theory of the tube algebra, and use a variant of the tube algebra to classify low-energy localized excitations in the condensed phase.

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@article{arxiv.2303.04711,
  title  = {A lattice model for condensation in Levin-Wen systems},
  author = {Jessica Christian and David Green and Peter Huston and David Penneys},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.04711},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

45 pages; numerous figures

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