String-Net Models with Z_N Fusion Algebra

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVB.86.235132arXiv1207.6169MaRDI QIDQ6234655FDOQ6234655

Publication date: 26 July 2012

Abstract: We study the Levin-Wen string-net model with a

Z_{N}

type fusion algebra. Solutions of the local constraints of this model correspond to

Z_{N}

gauge theory and double Chern-simons theories with quantum groups. For the first time, we explicitly construct a spin-

(N - 1) / 2

model with

Z_{N}

gauge symmetry on a triangular lattice as an exact dual model of the string-net model with a

Z_{N}

type fusion algebra on a honeycomb lattice. This exact duality exists only when the spins are coupled to a

Z_{N}

gauge field living on the links of the triangular lattice. The ungauged

Z_{N}

lattice spin models are a class of quantum systems that bear symmetry-protected topological phases that may be classified by the third cohomology group

H^{3} (Z_{N}, U (1))

of

Z_{N}

. Our results apply also to any case where the fusion algebra is identified with a finite group algebra or a quantusm group algebra.

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