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On time-reversal anomaly of 2+1d topological phases

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-12-06 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We describe a method to find the anomaly of the time-reversal symmetry of 2+1d topological quantum field theories, by computing the fractional anomalous momentum on the cross-cap background. This allows us, for example, to identify the parameter ν\nu mod 16 of the bulk 3+1d topological superconductor with T2=(1)F\mathsf{T}^2=(-1)^F on whose boundary a given 2+1d time-reversal-invariant topological phase can appear.

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@article{arxiv.1610.07010,
  title  = {On time-reversal anomaly of 2+1d topological phases},
  author = {Yuji Tachikawa and Kazuya Yonekura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.07010},
  year   = {2019}
}

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21 pages