On the degeneracy of SU(3)_k topological phases

DOI10.1134/S1061920812010037zbMATH Open1254.81080arXiv1009.0114OpenAlexW2075741956MaRDI QIDQ455604FDOQ455604

Simone Severini, Toufik Mansour, Stephen P. Jordan

Publication date: 22 October 2012

Published in: Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The ground state degeneracy of an $SU(N{)}_k$ topological phase with $n$ quasiparticle excitations is relevant quantity for quantum computation, condensed matter physics, and knot theory. It is an open question to find a closed formula for this degeneracy for any $N>2$. Here we present the problem in an explicit combinatorial way and analyze the case N=3. While not finding a complete closed-form solution, we obtain generating functions and solve some special cases.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.0114

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20)

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