Anomaly constraint on chiral central charge of (2+1)d topological order
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2021-05-19 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
In this short paper, we argue that the chiral central charge of a (2+1)d topological ordered state is sometimes strongly constrained by 't Hooft anomaly of anti-unitary global symmetry. For example, if a (2+1)d fermionic TQFT has a time reversal anomaly with labeled as , the TQFT must have mod for odd , while mod for even . This generalizes the fact that the bosonic TQFT with anomaly in a particular class must carry mod to fermionic cases. We also study such a constraint for fermionic TQFT with symmetry, which is regarded as a gapped surface of the topological superconductor in class AIII.
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@article{arxiv.2101.01018,
title = {Anomaly constraint on chiral central charge of (2+1)d topological order},
author = {Ryohei Kobayashi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.01018},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
16 pages, 2 figures, references added, accepted in Physical Review Research