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The double semion state in infinite volume

Mathematical Physics 2023-06-27 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We describe in a simple setting how to extract a unitary braided fusion category from a collection of superselection sectors of a two-dimensional quantum spin system, corresponding to abelian anyons. The structure of the unitary braided fusion category is given by F and R-symbols, which describe fusion and braiding of the anyons. We then construct the double semion state in infinite volume and extract the unitary braided fusion category describing its semion, anti-semion, and bound state excitations. We verify that this category corresponds to the representation category of the twisted quantum double of Z_2.

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@article{arxiv.2306.13762,
  title  = {The double semion state in infinite volume},
  author = {Alex Bols and Boris Kjaer and Alvin Moon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.13762},
  year   = {2023}
}

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29 pages, 18 figures

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