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Extension theory for braided-enriched fusion categories

Quantum Algebra 2021-04-28 v2 Category Theory

Abstract

For a braided fusion category V\mathcal{V}, a V\mathcal{V}-fusion category is a fusion category C\mathcal{C} equipped with a braided monoidal functor F:VZ(C)\mathcal{F}:\mathcal{V} \to Z(\mathcal{C}). Given a fixed V\mathcal{V}-fusion category (C,F)(\mathcal{C}, \mathcal{F}) and a fixed GG-graded extension CD\mathcal{C}\subseteq \mathcal{D} as an ordinary fusion category, we characterize the enrichments F~:VZ(D)\widetilde{\mathcal{F}}:\mathcal{V} \to Z(\mathcal{D}) of D\mathcal{D} which are compatible with the enrichment of C\mathcal{C}. We show that G-crossed extensions of a braided fusion category C\mathcal{C} are G-extensions of the canonical enrichment of C\mathcal{C} over itself. As an application, we parameterize the set of GG-crossed braidings on a fixed GG-graded fusion category in terms of certain subcategories of its center, extending Nikshych's classification of the braidings on a fusion category.

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@article{arxiv.1910.03178,
  title  = {Extension theory for braided-enriched fusion categories},
  author = {Corey Jones and Scott Morrison and David Penneys and Julia Plavnik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.03178},
  year   = {2021}
}

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36 pages

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