Categories of quantum liquids I

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2022)070arXiv2011.02859MaRDI QIDQ6353071FDOQ6353071

Publication date: 5 November 2020

Abstract: We develop a mathematical theory of separable higher categories based on Gaiotto and Johnson-Freyd's work on condensation completion. Based on this theory, we prove some fundamental results on

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-multi-fusion higher categories and their higher centers. We also outline a theory of unitary higher categories based on a

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-version of condensation completion. After these mathematical preparations, based on the idea of topological Wick rotation, we develop a unified mathematical theory of all quantum liquids, which include topological orders, SPT/SET orders, symmetry-breaking orders and CFT-like gapless phases. We explain that a quantum liquid consists of two parts, the topological skeleton and the local quantum symmetry, and show that all

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D quantum liquids form a

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-condensation complete higher category whose equivalence type can be computed explicitly from a simple coslice 1-category.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05) Anyons (81V27)

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