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Topological field theories and symmetry protected topological phases with fusion category symmetries

Kansei Inamura

2021Journal of High Energy Physics47 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

A bstract Fusion category symmetries are finite symmetries in 1+1 dimensions described by unitary fusion categories. We classify 1+1d time-reversal invariant bosonic symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases with fusion category symmetry by using topological field theories. We first formulate two-dimensional unoriented topological field theories whose symmetry splits into time-reversal symmetry and fusion category symmetry. We then solve them to show that SPT phases are classified by equivalence classes of quintuples ( Z , M , i , s , ϕ ) where ( Z , M , i ) is a fiber functor, s is a sign, and ϕ is the action of orientation- reversing symmetry that is compatible with the fiber functor ( Z , M , i ). We apply this classification to SPT phases with Kramers-Wannier-like self-duality.

Topics & Concepts

PhysicsHomogeneous spaceInvariant (physics)Symmetry (geometry)Symmetry protected topological orderUnitary stateTopology (electrical circuits)Topological quantum numberGlobal symmetryFusionSymmetry groupTheoretical physicsEquivalence (formal languages)FunctorRotational symmetryField (mathematics)Topological orderMirror symmetryTopological entropy in physicsFusion rulesDerived categoryPure mathematicsTopological Materials and PhenomenaQuantum many-body systemsQuantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics