From torus bundles to particle-hole equivariantization

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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 mathbbZ2-equivariantization of certain pointed premodular categories. Here the equivariantization is performed for the mathbbZ2-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.









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