Symmetry-enriched topological order in tensor networks: Defects, gauging and anyon condensation

arXiv1711.07982MaRDI QIDQ6294239FDOQ6294239

Authors: D. J. Williamson, Nick Bultinck, Frank Verstraete 

Publication date: 21 November 2017

Abstract: We study symmetry-enriched topological order in two-dimensional tensor network states by using graded matrix product operator algebras to represent symmetry induced domain walls. A close connection to the theory of graded unitary fusion categories is established. Tensor network representations of the topological defect superselection sectors are constructed for all domain walls. The emergent symmetry-enriched topological order is extracted from these representations, including the symmetry action on the underlying anyons. Dual phase transitions, induced by gauging a global symmetry, and condensation of a bosonic subtheory, are analyzed and the relationship between topological orders on either side of the transition is derived. Several examples are worked through explicitly.

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