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Symmetry Fractionalized (Irrationalized) Fusion Rules and Two Domain-Wall Verlinde Formulae

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2024-05-14 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We investigate the composite systems consisting of topological orders separated by gapped domain walls. We derive a pair of domain-wall Verlinde formulae, that elucidate the connection between the braiding of interdomain excitations labeled by pairs of anyons in different domains and quasiparticles in the gapped domain wall with their respective fusion rules. Through explicit non-Abelian examples, we showcase the calculation of such braiding and fusion, revealing that the fusion rules for interdomain excitations are generally fractional or irrational. By investigating the correspondence between composite systems and anyon condensation, we unveil the reason for designating these fusion rules as symmetry fractionalized (irrationalized) fusion rules. Our findings hold promise for applications across various fields, such as topological quantum computation, topological field theory, and conformal field theory.

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@article{arxiv.2304.08475,
  title  = {Symmetry Fractionalized (Irrationalized) Fusion Rules and Two Domain-Wall Verlinde Formulae},
  author = {Yu Zhao and Hongyu Wang and Yuting Hu and Yidun Wan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.08475},
  year   = {2024}
}

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14 pages, 7 figures