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Cardy Algebras, Sewing Constraints and String-Nets

Mathematical Physics 2023-02-10 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

In \cite{Schweigert:2019zwt} it was shown how string-net spaces for the Cardy bulk algebra in the Drinfeld center Z(C)\mathsf{Z}(\mathsf{C}) of a modular tensor category C\mathsf{C} give rise to a consistent set of correlators. We extend their results to include open-closed world sheets and allow for more general field algebras, which come in the form of (CZ(C))(\mathsf{C}|\mathsf{Z}(\mathsf{C}))-Cardy algebras. To be more precise, we show that a set of fundamental string-nets with input data from a (CZ(C))(\mathsf{C}|\mathsf{Z}(\mathsf{C}))-Cardy algebra gives rise to a solution of the sewing constraints formulated in \cite{Kong_2014} and that any set of fundamental string-nets solving the sewing constraints determine a (CZ(C))(\mathsf{C}|\mathsf{Z}(\mathsf{C}))-Cardy algebra up to isomorphism. Hence we give an alternative proof of the results in \cite{Kong_2014} in terms of string-nets.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2009.11895,
  title  = {Cardy Algebras, Sewing Constraints and String-Nets},
  author = {Matthias Traube},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.11895},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

36 pages, lots of figures, v3: minor changes

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