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Z_N规范理论中的相变与扭曲Z_N拓扑相

Phase transitions in Z_N gauge theory and twisted Z_N topological phases

Maissam Barkeshli, Xiao-Gang Wen

摘要:

我们发现了一系列非阿贝尔拓扑相,它们通过连续的量子相变与Z_N规范理论的退禁闭相分离。这些非阿贝尔态,我们称之为“扭曲”Z_N态,用最近研究的$U(1) \times U(1) \rtimes Z_2$ Chern-Simons(CS)场论描述. $U(1) \times U(1) \rtimes Z_2$ CS理论提供了一种测量阿贝尔Z_N相的整体Z_2电磁对称性的方法,产生扭曲Z_N态。我们引入了一种部分子结构,用整数量子霍尔态来描述Abel Z_N相位,从而使我们能够从Z_2分数化理论得到非Abel态。非阿贝尔扭曲Z_N态不具有拓扑保护的无带隙边缘模,当N > 2时,Z_N态的时间反演对称性被破坏。

英文摘要:

We find a series of non-Abelian topological phases that are separated from the deconfined phase of Z_N gauge theory by a continuous quantum phase transition. These non-Abelian states, which we refer to as the "twisted" Z_N states, are described by a recently studied $U(1) \times U(1) \rtimes Z_2$ Chern-Simons (CS) field theory. The $U(1) \times U(1) \rtimes Z_2$ CS theory provides a way of gauging the global Z_2 electric-magnetic symmetry of the Abelian Z_N phases, yielding the twisted Z_N states. We introduce a parton construction to describe the Abelian Z_N phases in terms of integer quantum Hall states, which then allows us to obtain the non-Abelian states from a theory of Z_2 fractionalization. The non-Abelian twisted Z_N states do not have topologically protected gapless edge modes and, for N > 2, break time-reversal symmetry.

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