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Dualities between 2+1d fusion surface models from braided fusion categories

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2025-12-17 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

Fusion surface models generalize the concept of anyon chains to 2+1 dimensions, utilizing fusion 2-categories as their input. We investigate bond-algebraic dualities in these systems and show that distinct module tensor categories M\mathcal{M} over the same braided fusion category B\mathcal{B} give rise to dual lattice models. This extends the 1+1d result that dualities in anyon chains are classified by module categories over fusion categories. We analyze two concrete examples: (i) a Rep(S3)\text{Rep}(S_3) model with a constrained Hilbert space, dual to the spin-12\tfrac{1}{2} XXZ model on the honeycomb lattice, and (ii) a bilayer Kitaev honeycomb model, dual to a spin-12\tfrac{1}{2} model with XXZ and Ising interactions. Unlike regular M=B\mathcal{M}=\mathcal{B} fusion surface models, which conserve only 1-form symmetries, models constructed from MB\mathcal{M} \neq \mathcal{B} can exhibit both 1-form and 0-form symmetries, including non-invertible ones.

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@article{arxiv.2501.14722,
  title  = {Dualities between 2+1d fusion surface models from braided fusion categories},
  author = {Luisa Eck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.14722},
  year   = {2025}
}
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