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Braiding Statistics of Vortices in $2+1$d Topological Superconductors from Stacking

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2020-08-04 v1

Abstract

Class D topological superconductors in 2+12+1 dimensions are known to have a Z16\mathbb{Z}_{16} classification in the presence of interactions, with 1616 different topological orders underlying the 1616 distinct phases. By applying the fermionic stacking law, which involves anyon condensation, on the effective Hamiltonian describing the topological interaction of vortices in the p+ipp+ip superconductor, which generates the 1616 other phases, we recover the braiding coefficients of vortices for all remaining phases as well as the Z16\mathbb{Z}_{16} group law. We also apply this stacking law to the time-reversal invariant Class DIII superconductors (which can themselves be obtained from stacking two Class D superconductors) and recover their Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 classification.

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@article{arxiv.2008.00154,
  title  = {Braiding Statistics of Vortices in $2+1$d Topological Superconductors from Stacking},
  author = {Minyoung You},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.00154},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages, 2 figures