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Condensation Completion and Defects in 2+1D Topological Orders

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2026-04-03 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We review the condensation completion of a modular tensor category C\mathcal{C}, which yields a fusion 2-category ΣC\Sigma\mathcal{C} of separable algebras, bimodules over algebras and bimodule maps in C\mathcal{C}. Physically, ΣC\Sigma\mathcal{C} is the fusion 2-category of codimension-1 defects, codimension-2 defects and instantons in the 2+12+1D topological order C\mathcal{C}. We realize the rough-rough wall and ee-mm exchange wall in Toric Code model on the lattice by deforming the Hamiltonian based on the corresponding algebraic data. We apply condensation completion to Toric Code, 3F3\mathbf{F}, two-laryer semion and Z4\mathbb{Z}_4 topological orders, and explicitly enumerate their 11d and 00d defects along with fusion rules. We also mention other applications of condensation completion: alternative interpretations of condensation completion of a braided fusion category; condensation completion of the category of symmetry charges and its correspondence to gapped phases with symmetry; for a topological order C\mathcal{C}, one can find all gapped boundaries of the stacking of C\mathcal{C} with its time-reversal conjugate through computing the condensation completion of C\mathcal{C}.

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@article{arxiv.2402.19253,
  title  = {Condensation Completion and Defects in 2+1D Topological Orders},
  author = {Gen Yue and Longye Wang and Tian Lan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.19253},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

We have added more examples and remarks and revised the conventions to enhance readability. We also added a section about constructing 1d gapped defects in toric code model on the lattice based on the data of the corresponding separable algebras

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