From torus bundles to particle-hole equivariantization

DOI10.1007/S11005-022-01508-3zbMATH Open1483.18020arXiv2106.01959OpenAlexW4212879817MaRDI QIDQ2114540FDOQ2114540

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 15 March 2022

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We continue the program of constructing (pre)modular tensor categories from 3-manifolds first initiated by Cho-Gang-Kim using $M$ theory in physics and then mathematically studied by Cui-Qiu-Wang. An important structure involved is a collection of certain $extSL(2,mathbbC)$ characters on a given manifold which serve as the simple object types in the corresponding category. Chern-Simons invariants and adjoint Reidemeister torsions play a key role in the construction, and they are related to topological twists and quantum dimensions, respectively, of simple objects. The modular $S$-matrix is computed from local operators and follows a trial-and-error procedure. It is currently unknown how to produce data beyond the modular $S$- and $T$-matrices. There are also a number of subtleties in the construction which remain to be solved. In this paper, we consider an infinite family of 3-manifolds, that is, torus bundles over the circle. We show that the modular data produced by such manifolds are realized by the $mathbb{Z}_2$-equivariantization of certain pointed premodular categories. Here the equivariantization is performed for the $mathbb{Z}_2$-action sending a simple (invertible) object to its inverse, also called the particle-hole symmetry. It is our hope that this extensive class of examples will shed light on how to improve the program to recover the full data of a premodular category.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.01959

zbMATH Keywords

equivariantizationChern-Simons invariantspremodular categoryReidemeister torsionsSOL geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Finite-type and quantum invariants, topological quantum field theories (TQFT) (57K16) Fusion categories, modular tensor categories, modular functors (18M20)

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