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Gen Yue

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Bulk-boundary correspondence of (1+1)D symmetric gapped phases

We develop an operator-algebraic framework for boundary conditions and bulk-boundary correspondence in one-dimensional gapped phases with categorical symmetry. Working directly in the thermodynamic limit, we construct half-infinite fusion spin chains and commuting-projector boundary Hamiltonians from a unitary fusion category $\mathcal{C}$, an indecomposable semisimple right $\mathcal{C}$-module category $\mathcal{M}$, a Q-system $Q\in\mathcal{C}$ specifying the bulk phase, and a right $Q$-module $K\in\mathcal{M}_{Q}$, regarded as an object of $\mathcal{M}_{Q}^{\mathrm{op}}$, specifying the boundary. We prove that these Hamiltonians have unique ground states and that the resulting realization functor $\mathcal{M}_{Q}^{\mathrm{op}}\to\mathrm{BCond}$ is an equivalence, so simple boundary conditions are classified by simple objects of $\mathcal{M}_{Q}$ and general boundary conditions by their finite direct sums. We also give a microscopic formulation of the boundary symmetry topological field theory using DHR bimodules of the boundary quasi-local algebra. For a half-infinite fusion spin chain, the boundary DHR category is monoidally equivalent to $(\mathcal{C}_{\mathcal{M}}^{\vee})^{\mathrm{rev}}$, and the canonical action of the bulk DHR category on it agrees with the categorical action of $Z_1(\mathcal{C}^{\mathrm{rev}})$. Finally, we identify the action of the boundary DHR category on boundary conditions with the categorical action of $(\mathcal{C}_{\mathcal{M}}^{\vee})^{\mathrm{rev}}$ on $\mathcal{M}_{Q}^{\mathrm{op}}$. This yields a one-dimensional bulk-boundary correspondence: the enriched monoidal category describing the bulk is the enriched center of the enriched category describing the boundary.

math-ph

Pro-Tensor Network

We introduce the pro-tensor network, a categorification of the tensor network, as a fully rigorous yet graphically transparent framework for studying the collection of many many-body theories, which we dub many-many-body theory. We provide a comprehensive toolbox for the graphical calculations using pro-tensor networks. As applications, we recover the Levin-Wen model as a "uniform" pro-tensor network and generalize a result of Kitaev and Kong by characterizing particles as modules over promonads. One can also interpret the string-net pro-tensor network as the space of symmetric tensor networks, thus our framework also applies to the study of generalized symmetry and topological holography. Notably, our generalization dispenses with the assumptions of semisimplicity, finiteness, and rigidity, potentially facilitating the exploration of many-body physics beyond these constraints.

cond-mat.str-el

Condensation Completion and Defects in 2+1D Topological Orders

We review the condensation completion of a modular tensor category $\mathcal{C}$, which yields a fusion 2-category $\Sigma\mathcal{C}$ of separable algebras, bimodules over algebras and bimodule maps in $\mathcal{C}$. Physically, $\Sigma\mathcal{C}$ is the fusion 2-category of codimension-1 defects, codimension-2 defects and instantons in the $2+1$D topological order $\mathcal{C}$. We realize the rough-rough wall and $e$-$m$ exchange wall in Toric Code model on the lattice by deforming the Hamiltonian based on the corresponding algebraic data. We apply condensation completion to Toric Code, $3\mathbf{F}$, two-laryer semion and $\mathbb{Z}_4$ topological orders, and explicitly enumerate their $1$d and $0$d defects along with fusion rules. We also mention other applications of condensation completion: alternative interpretations of condensation completion of a braided fusion category; condensation completion of the category of symmetry charges and its correspondence to gapped phases with symmetry; for a topological order $\mathcal{C}$, one can find all gapped boundaries of the stacking of $\mathcal{C}$ with its time-reversal conjugate through computing the condensation completion of $\mathcal{C}$.

cond-mat.str-el

Category of SET orders

We propose the representation principle to study physical systems with a given symmetry. In the context of symmetry enriched topological orders, we give the appropriate representation category, the category of SET orders, which include SPT orders and symmetry breaking orders as special cases. For fusion n-category symmetries, we show that the category of SET orders encodes almost all information about the interplay between symmetry and topological orders, in a natural and canonical way. These information include defects and boundaries of SET orders, symmetry charges, explicit and spontaneous symmetry breaking, stacking of SET orders, gauging of generalized symmetry, as well as quantum currents (SymTFT or symmetry TO). We also provide a detailed categorical algorithm to compute the generalized gauging. In particular, we proved that gauging is always reversible, as a special type of Morita-equivalence. The explicit data for ungauging, the inverse to gauging, is given.

cond-mat.str-el

Fate of Quantum Anomalies for 1d lattice chiral fermion with a simple non-Hermitian Hamiltonian

It is generally believed that the 1+1D model for a single chiral fermion does not exist by itself alone on lattice. The obstruction to such a lattice realization is the failure to reproduce the quantum anomalies of a chiral fermion in continuum. The conventional way to escape is to associate the anomalous 1d system with a 2d bulk, which is in a topologically non-trivial state, as the boundary of the latter. In this paper, we propose a 1+1D chiral fermion model on 1d spatial lattice, {standing alone} -- without being associated with a 2d bulk -- with a simple {non-Hermitian} hopping Hamiltonian. We demonstrate, using various methods, that the model possesses the same chiral anomaly and gravitational anomaly as in continuum theory. Furthermore, with appropriate parameters, the low energy effective theory of the model remains a field theory for unitary chiral fermions. The essential reason for the success is that the usual "doubled" fermion mode with opposite chirality is rapidly damped out because of non-Hermicity of the Hamiltonian.

cond-mat.other