On topology of the moduli space of gapped Hamiltonians for topological phases

DOI10.1063/5.0136906zbMATH Open1512.81068arXiv2211.16535OpenAlexW4363677191MaRDI QIDQ6042746FDOQ6042746

Authors: Po-Shen Hsin, Zhenghan Wang 

Publication date: 4 May 2023

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

Abstract: The moduli space of gapped Hamiltonians that are in the same topological phase is an intrinsic object that is associated to the topological order. The topology of these moduli spaces is used recently in the construction of Floquet codes. We propose a systematical program to study the topology of these moduli spaces. In particular, we use effective field theory to study the cohomology classes of these spaces, which includes and generalizes the Berry phase. We discuss several applications to studying phase transitions. We show that nontrivial family of gapped systems with the same topological order can protect isolated phase transitions in the phase diagram, and we argue that the phase transitions are characterized by screening of topological defects. We argue that family of gapped systems obey a version of bulk-boundary correspondence. We show that family of gapped systems in the bulk with the same topological order can rule out family of gapped systems on the boundary with the same topological boundary condition, constraining phase transitions on the boundary.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.16535

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Moduli problems for topological structures (58D29) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Moduli problems for differential geometric structures (58D27)

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