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Robust Universal Braiding with Non-semisimple Ising Anyons

Quantum Physics 2026-04-23 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons Geometric Topology Quantum Algebra

Abstract

Non-semisimple extensions of the Ising anyon model developed in our previous work enable universal topological quantum computation via braiding alone, overcoming the Clifford-only limitation of semisimple theories. The non-semisimple theory provides new anyon types indexed by a real parameter α\alpha, the neglecton. Braiding acts unitarily with respect to an indefinite Hermitian form, while the computational subspace sits in a positive-definite sector. We demonstrate that this universality is robust, persisting over an open interval of the neglecton parameter α\alpha where the computational subspace remains positive-definite. We identify special values of α\alpha where the physical subspace decouples exactly from negative-norm components, ensuring fully unitary evolution and suppressed leakage. We further present an alternative encoding supporting exact single-qubit Clifford gates alongside a non-Clifford phase gate. We show that high-precision tuning of α\alpha is not required for efficient gate compilation, significantly enhancing the physical plausibility of non-semisimple anyonic architectures.

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@article{arxiv.2509.02843,
  title  = {Robust Universal Braiding with Non-semisimple Ising Anyons},
  author = {Filippo Iulianelli and Sung Kim and Joshua Sussan and Aaron D. Lauda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.02843},
  year   = {2026}
}

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25 pages, Tikz figures

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