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Topological Orders in (4+1)-Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-09-28 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We investigate the Morita equivalences of (4+1)-dimensional topological orders. We show that any (4+1)-dimensional super (fermionic) topological order admits a gapped boundary condition -- in other words, all (4+1)-dimensional super topological orders are Morita trivial. As a result, there are no inherently gapless super (3+1)-dimensional theories. On the other hand, we show that there are infinitely many algebraically Morita-inequivalent bosonic (4+1)-dimensional topological orders.

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@article{arxiv.2104.04534,
  title  = {Topological Orders in (4+1)-Dimensions},
  author = {Theo Johnson-Freyd and Matthew Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.04534},
  year   = {2022}
}

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18 pages, 2 figures

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