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Topological order from quantum loops and nets

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-13 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons Quantum Physics

Abstract

I define models of quantum loops and nets which have ground states with topological order. These make possible excited states comprised of deconfined anyons with non-abelian braiding. With the appropriate inner product, these quantum loop models are equivalent to net models whose topological weight involves the chromatic polynomial. A useful consequence is that the models have a quantum self-duality, making it possible to find a simple Hamiltonian preserving the topological order. For the square lattice, this Hamiltonian has only four-spin interactions.

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@article{arxiv.0804.0625,
  title  = {Topological order from quantum loops and nets},
  author = {Paul Fendley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.0625},
  year   = {2009}
}
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