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Simple-current algebra constructions of 2+1D topological orders

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2016-01-20 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Self-consistent (non-)abelian statistics in 2+1D are classified by modular tensor categories (MTC). In recent works, a simplified axiomatic approach to MTCs, based on fusion coefficients NkijN^{ij}_k and spins sis_i, was proposed. A numerical search based on these axioms led to a list of possible (non-)abelian statistics, with rank up to N=7N=7. However, there is no guarantee that all solutions to the simplified axioms are consistent and can be realised by bosonic physical systems. In this paper, we use simple-current algebra to address this issue. We explicitly construct many-body wave functions, aiming to realize the entries in the list (\ie realize their fusion coefficients NkijN^{ij}_k and spins sis_i). We find that all entries can be constructed by simple-current algebra plus conjugation under time reversal symmetry. This supports the conjecture that simple-current algebra is a general approach that allows us to construct all (non-)abelian statistics in 2+1D. It also suggests that the simplified theory based on (Nkij,si)(N^{ij}_k,s_i) is a classifying theory at least for simple bosonic 2+1D topological orders (up to invertible topological orders).

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@article{arxiv.1508.01111,
  title  = {Simple-current algebra constructions of 2+1D topological orders},
  author = {Kareljan Schoutens and Xiao-Gang Wen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.01111},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

19 pages, revtex4; v2 has small corrections and extended introduction

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