Reflection positivity and invertible topological phases

DOI10.2140/gt.2021.25.1165OpenAlexW3167194856MaRDI QIDQ2048407

Daniel S. Freed, Michael J. Hopkins

Publication date: 5 August 2021

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.06527

zbMATH Keywords

topological field theoryreflection positivitytopological phasesfree fermionssymmetry protected topological phasesinvertible field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Bordism and cobordism theories and formal group laws in algebraic topology (55N22) Homotopy theory and fundamental groups in algebraic geometry (14F35) Other types of cobordism (57R90) Formal methods and deformations in algebraic geometry (14D15) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Quantum dots as quasi particles (81V65) Effective quantum field theories (81T12)

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