Classification of D invertible fermionic topological phases with symmetry
Sep 22, 2021
27 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.B 105 (2022) 23, 235143
- Published: Jun 15, 2022
e-Print:
- 2109.11039 [cond-mat.str-el]
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.235143 (publication)
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Abstract: (APS)
We provide a classification of invertible topological phases of interacting fermions with symmetry in two spatial dimensions for general fermionic symmetry groups and general values of the chiral central charge . Here is a central extension of a bosonic symmetry group by fermion parity, , specified by a second cohomology class . Our approach proceeds by gauging fermion parity and classifying the resulting symmetry-enriched topological orders while keeping track of certain additional data and constraints. We perform this analysis through two perspectives, using -crossed braided tensor categories and Chern-Simons theory coupled to a background gauge field. These results give a way to characterize and classify invertible fermionic topological phases in terms of a concrete set of data and consistency equations, which is more physically transparent and computationally simpler than the more abstract methods using cobordism theory and spectral sequences. Our results also generalize and provide a different approach to the recent classification of fermionic symmetry-protected topological phases by Wang and Gu, which have chiral central charge . We show how the tenfold way classification of topological insulators and superconductors fits into our scheme, along with general nonperturbative constraints due to certain choices of and . Mathematically, our results also suggest an explicit general parametrization of deformation classes of D invertible topological quantum field theories with symmetry.Note:
- 45+27 pages, 5 figures, v2: corrected typos, added Appendix D showing agreement with Wang-Gu results for O_4 obstruction, v3: corrected typos, v4: minor corrections, v5: minor corrections, added Appendix G
- phase: topological
- fermion: parity
- category: tensor
- central charge
- cobordism
- cohomology
- topological insulator
- Chern-Simons term
- space-time: dimension: 3
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