Anyons and matrix product operator algebras

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DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2017.01.004zbMATH Open1367.81084arXiv1511.08090OpenAlexW3099576847WikidataQ62108930 ScholiaQ62108930MaRDI QIDQ2012470FDOQ2012470


Authors: Nick Bultinck, D. J. Williamson, Jutho Haegeman, Frank Verstraete, Michaël Mariën, M. Burak Şahinoğlu Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 1 August 2017

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Quantum tensor network states and more particularly projected entangled-pair states provide a natural framework for representing ground states of gapped, topologically ordered systems. The defining feature of these representations is that topological order is a consequence of the symmetry of the underlying tensors in terms of matrix product operators. In this paper, we present a systematic study of those matrix product operators, and show how this relates entanglement properties of projected entangled-pair states to the formalism of fusion tensor categories. From the matrix product operators we construct a C*-algebra and find that topological sectors can be identified with the central idempotents of this algebra. This allows us to construct projected entangled-pair states containing an arbitrary number of anyons. Properties such as topological spin, the S matrix, fusion and braiding relations can readily be extracted from the idempotents. As the matrix product operator symmetries are acting purely on the virtual level of the tensor network, the ensuing Wilson loops are not fattened when perturbing the system, and this opens up the possibility of simulating topological theories away from renormalization group fixed points. We illustrate the general formalism for the special cases of discrete gauge theories and string-net models.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.08090




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