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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 cc_- 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 T2=(1)FT^2=(-1)^F labeled as νZ16\nu\in\mathbb{Z}_{16}, the TQFT must have c=1/4c_-=1/4 mod 1/21/2 for odd ν\nu, while c=0c_-=0 mod 1/21/2 for even ν\nu. This generalizes the fact that the bosonic TQFT with TT anomaly in a particular class must carry c=4c_-=4 mod 88 to fermionic cases. We also study such a constraint for fermionic TQFT with U(1)×CTU(1)\times CT 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}
}

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16 pages, 2 figures, references added, accepted in Physical Review Research