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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 Gf=Z2f×ω2GG_f = \mathbb{Z}_2^f \times_{\omega_2} G 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 Gf=Z2f×Z4×Z4G_f=\mathbb{Z}_2^f \times \mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_4 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