Exact bosonization in arbitrary dimensions
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2021-01-21 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We extend the previous results of exact bosonization, mapping from fermionic operators to Pauli matrices, in 2d and 3d to arbitrary dimensions. This bosonization map gives a duality between any fermionic system in arbitrary spatial dimensions and a new class of -form gauge theories in dimensions with a modified Gauss's law. This map preserves locality and has an explicit dependence on the second Stiefel-Whitney class and a choice of spin structure on the manifold. A new formula for Stiefel-Whitney homology classes on lattices is derived. In the Euclidean path integral, this exact bosonization map is equivalent to introducing a topological "Steenrod square" term to the spacetime action.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1911.00017,
title = {Exact bosonization in arbitrary dimensions},
author = {Yu-An Chen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.00017},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
25 pages, 4 figures