Exactly solvable lattice Hamiltonians and gravitational anomalies

We construct infinitely many new exactly solvable local commuting projector lattice Hamiltonian models for general bosonic beyond group cohomology invertible topological phases of order two and four in any spacetime dimensions, whose boundaries are characterized by gravitational anomalies. Examples...

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Main Author: Yu-An Chen, Po-Shen Hsin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciPost 2023-05-01
Series:SciPost Physics
Online Access:https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.14.5.089
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description We construct infinitely many new exactly solvable local commuting projector lattice Hamiltonian models for general bosonic beyond group cohomology invertible topological phases of order two and four in any spacetime dimensions, whose boundaries are characterized by gravitational anomalies. Examples include the beyond group cohomology invertible phase without symmetry in (4+1)D that has an anomalous boundary $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological order with fermionic particle and fermionic loop excitations that have mutual $\pi$ statistics. We argue that this construction gives a new non-trivial quantum cellular automaton (QCA) in (4+1)D of order two. We also present an explicit construction of gapped symmetric boundary state for the bosonic beyond group cohomology invertible phase with unitary $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry in (4+1)D. We discuss new quantum phase transitions protected by different invertible phases across the transitions.
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spelling doaj.art-c922506176654c93a59afdb19e849c2c2023-05-02T13:49:44ZengSciPostSciPost Physics2542-46532023-05-0114508910.21468/SciPostPhys.14.5.089Exactly solvable lattice Hamiltonians and gravitational anomaliesYu-An Chen, Po-Shen HsinWe construct infinitely many new exactly solvable local commuting projector lattice Hamiltonian models for general bosonic beyond group cohomology invertible topological phases of order two and four in any spacetime dimensions, whose boundaries are characterized by gravitational anomalies. Examples include the beyond group cohomology invertible phase without symmetry in (4+1)D that has an anomalous boundary $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological order with fermionic particle and fermionic loop excitations that have mutual $\pi$ statistics. We argue that this construction gives a new non-trivial quantum cellular automaton (QCA) in (4+1)D of order two. We also present an explicit construction of gapped symmetric boundary state for the bosonic beyond group cohomology invertible phase with unitary $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry in (4+1)D. We discuss new quantum phase transitions protected by different invertible phases across the transitions.https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.14.5.089
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Exactly solvable lattice Hamiltonians and gravitational anomalies
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title Exactly solvable lattice Hamiltonians and gravitational anomalies
title_full Exactly solvable lattice Hamiltonians and gravitational anomalies
title_fullStr Exactly solvable lattice Hamiltonians and gravitational anomalies
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title_short Exactly solvable lattice Hamiltonians and gravitational anomalies
title_sort exactly solvable lattice hamiltonians and gravitational anomalies
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