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Boundary supersymmetry of 1+1 d fermionic SPT phases

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2021-06-16 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We prove that the boundaries of all non-trivial 1+1 dimensional intrinsically fermionic symmetry-protected-topological phases, protected by finite on-site symmetries (unitary or anti-unitary), are supersymmetric quantum mechanical systems. This supersymmetry does not require any fine-tuning of the underlying Hamiltonian, arises entirely as a consequence of the boundary 't Hooft anomaly that classifies the phase and is related to a `Bose-Fermi' degeneracy different in nature from other well known degeneracies such as Kramers doublets.

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@article{arxiv.2011.12320,
  title  = {Boundary supersymmetry of 1+1 d fermionic SPT phases},
  author = {Abhishodh Prakash and Juven Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.12320},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

5 pages, 2 figures. Minor changes, close to published version