Systematic Construction of Interfaces and Anomalous Boundaries for Fermionic Symmetry-Protected Topological Phases
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2025-05-20 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We use the pullback trivialization technique to systematically construct gapped interfaces and anomalous boundaries for fermionic symmetry-protected topological (FSPT) states by extending their symmetry group to larger groups. These FSPT states may involve decoration layers of both Majorana chains and complex fermions. We derive general consistency formulas explicitly for (2+1)D and (3+1)D systems, where nontrivial twists arise from fermionic symmetric local unitaries or "gauge transformations" that ensure coboundaries vanish at the cochain level. Additionally, we present explicit example for a (3+1)D FSPT of symmetry group with Majorana chain decorations.
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@article{arxiv.2412.18528,
title = {Systematic Construction of Interfaces and Anomalous Boundaries for Fermionic Symmetry-Protected Topological Phases},
author = {Kevin Loo and Qing-Rui Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.18528},
year = {2025}
}
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41 pages, 5 figures