Domain walls in topological phases and the Brauer-Picard ring for \(\mathrm{vec} (\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})\) (Q2311924)

The principal objective in this paper is to compute the Brauer-Picard ring for \(\boldsymbol{Vec}\left( \mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z}\right) \) with \(p\) prime, making use of ladder string diagrams [\textit{S. Morrison} and \textit{K. Walker}, Geom. Topol. 16, No. 3, 1481--1607 (2012; Zbl 1280.57026); \textit{J. Fröhlich} et al., Adv. Math. 199, No. 1, 192--329 (2006; Zbl 1087.18006)]. The string diagram calculus for fusion categories in [\textit{P. Selinger}, ``A survey of graphical languages for monoidal categories'', Lect. Notes Phys. 813, 289--355 (2011)] allows the authors to interpret fusion categories as disc-like \(2\)-categories, using the ideas in [\textit{S. Morrison} and \textit{K. Walker}, Geom. Topol. 16, No. 3, 1481--1607 (2012; Zbl 1280.57026)] to compute relative tensor products. Physically, this fusion category corresponds to the quantum double model of \(\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z}\), which is significant for both quantum memories and quantum information processing tasks. Although the authors consider only \(\boldsymbol{Vec}\left( \mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z}\right) \), the framework is not restricted to this class of fusion categories and future work is expected.