Anomalies in mirror symmetry enriched topological orders
Abstract
Two-dimensional mirror symmetry enriched topological (SET) orders can be studied using the folding approach: it can be folded along the mirror axis and turned into a bilayer system on which the mirror symmetry acts as a layer-exchange symmetry. How mirror symmetry enriches the topological order is then encoded at the mirror axis, which is a gapped boundary of the folded bilayer system. Based on anyon-condensation theory, we classify possible -symmetric gapped boundaries of the folded system. In particular, we derive an obstruction function, which corresponds to an obstruction for topological orders enriched by the time-reversal symmetry instead of mirror symmetry. We demonstrate that states with a nontrivial obstruction function can be constructed on the surface of a three-dimensional mirror SET order.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2406.16700,
title = {Anomalies in mirror symmetry enriched topological orders},
author = {Zhaoyang Ding and Yang Qi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.16700},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
13 pages, 5 figures