Models for gapped boundaries and domain walls
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2012-10-01 v4 Category Theory
Quantum Algebra
Abstract
We define a class of lattice models for two-dimensional topological phases with boundary such that both the bulk and the boundary excitations are gapped. The bulk part is constructed using a unitary tensor category as in the Levin-Wen model, whereas the boundary is associated with a module category over . We also consider domain walls (or defect lines) between different bulk phases. A domain wall is transparent to bulk excitations if the corresponding unitary tensor categories are Morita equivalent. Defects of higher codimension will also be studied. In summary, we give a dictionary between physical ingredients of lattice models and tensor-categorical notions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1104.5047,
title = {Models for gapped boundaries and domain walls},
author = {Alexei Kitaev and Liang Kong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.5047},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
21 pages, a typo is corrected (thanks for Juven Wang)