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Cluster state as a non-invertible symmetry protected topological phase

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2025-11-11 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We show that the standard 1+1d Z2×Z2\mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}_2 cluster model has a non-invertible global symmetry, described by the fusion category Rep(D8_8). Therefore, the cluster state is not only a Z2×Z2\mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}_2 symmetry protected topological (SPT) phase, but also a non-invertible SPT phase. We further find two new commuting Pauli Hamiltonians for the other two Rep(D8_8) SPT phases on a tensor product Hilbert space of qubits, matching the classification in field theory and mathematics. We identify the edge modes and the local projective algebras at the interfaces between these non-invertible SPT phases. Finally, we show that there does not exist a symmetric entangler that maps between these distinct SPT states.

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@article{arxiv.2404.01369,
  title  = {Cluster state as a non-invertible symmetry protected topological phase},
  author = {Sahand Seifnashri and Shu-Heng Shao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.01369},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

19 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables; v2: minor changes; v3: minor changes