Boundary Hamiltonian theory for gapped topological phases on an open surface

DOI10.1007/JHEP01(2018)134zbMATH Open1384.81126arXiv1706.03329OpenAlexW2626479459MaRDI QIDQ1745549FDOQ1745549

Yidun Wan, Yong-Shi Wu, Yuting Hu, Zhu-Xi Luo, Ren Pankovich

Publication date: 17 April 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we propose a Hamiltonian approach to gapped topological phases on an open surface with boundary. Our setting is an extension of the Levin-Wen model to a 2d graph on the open surface, whose boundary is part of the graph. We systematically construct a series of boundary Hamiltonians such that each of them, when combined with the usual Levin-Wen bulk Hamiltonian, gives rise to a gapped energy spectrum which is topologically protected; and the corresponding wave functions are robust under changes of the underlying graph that maintain the spatial topology of the system. We derive explicit ground-state wavefunctions of the system and show that the boundary types are classified by Morita-equivalent Frobenius algebras. We also construct boundary quasiparticle creation, measuring and hopping operators. These operators allow us to characterize the boundary quasiparticles by bimodules of Frobenius algebras. Our approach also offers a concrete set of tools for computations. We illustrate our approach by a few examples.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03329

zbMATH Keywords

quantum groupstopological field theoriestopological states of matter

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R50) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

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