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Superselection sectors for posets of von Neumann algebras

Operator Algebras 2024-10-30 v1 Mathematical Physics Category Theory math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We study a commutant-closed collection of von Neumann algebras acting on a common Hilbert space indexed by a poset with an order-reversing involution. We give simple geometric axioms for the poset which allow us to construct a braided tensor category of superselection sectors analogous to the construction of Gabbiani and Fr\"ohlich for conformal nets. For cones in R2\mathbb{R}^2, we weaken our conditions to a bounded spread version of Haag duality and obtain similar results. We show that intertwined nets of algebras have isomorphic braided tensor categories of superselection sectors. Finally, we show that the categories constructed here are equivalent to those constructed by Naaijkens and Ogata for certain 2D quantum spin systems.

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@article{arxiv.2410.21454,
  title  = {Superselection sectors for posets of von Neumann algebras},
  author = {Anupama Bhardwaj and Tristen Brisky and Chian Yeong Chuah and Kyle Kawagoe and Joseph Keslin and David Penneys and Daniel Wallick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.21454},
  year   = {2024}
}

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33 pages, many tikz figures