Realizing non-Abelian statistics
Abstract
We construct a series of 2+1-dimensional models whose quasiparticles obey non-Abelian statistics. The adiabatic transport of quasiparticles is described by using a correspondence between the braid matrix of the particles and the scattering matrix of 1+1-dimensional field theories. We discuss in depth lattice and continuum models whose braiding is that of SO(3) Chern-Simons gauge theory, including the simplest type of non-Abelian statistics, involving just one type of quasiparticle. The ground-state wave function of an SO(3) model is related to a loop description of the classical two-dimensional Potts model. We discuss the transition from a topological phase to a conventionally-ordered phase, showing in some cases there is a quantum critical point.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0502071,
title = {Realizing non-Abelian statistics},
author = {Paul Fendley and Eduardo Fradkin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0502071},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
20 pages in two-column format. v2: fixed typos and added references