Lattice BF theory, dumbbells, and composite fermions

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2022.115877zbMATH Open1500.81064arXiv2112.08316OpenAlexW4226301088MaRDI QIDQ2155280FDOQ2155280

Tom Banks, Bingnan Zhang

Publication date: 15 July 2022

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We formulate $U(1)$ $bda$ Chern-Simons theory, which is also called BF theory, on a lattice, adapting a method proposed by Kantor and Susskind for the groups $mathbbR$ and $mathbb{Z}_N$. Our method applies to any finite or infinite abelian group. We study the discrete symmetries and use the model to provide a rigorous treatment of the composite fermion theory of the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE), with no ambiguities relating to intersecting Wilson/'t Hooft lines. We derive Jain's fractions, and one can also calculate corrections to the mean field solution within this framework. We also generalize the formalism to higher form gauge models in arbitrary dimension, and suggest a possible non-Abelian extension.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.08316

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Fermionic systems in quantum theory (81V74)

Cites Work

• Topological gauge theories and group cohomology
• Quantum field theories of vortices and anyons
• Anyonization of lattice Chern-Simons theory
• On pure lattice Chern-Simons gauge theories.
• Chern-Simons theory on the lattice

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• Lattice Chern-Simons model for FQHE

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