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Simulation of braiding anyons using Matrix Product States
Anyons exist as point like particles in two dimensions and carry braid
statistics which enable interactions that are independent of the distance
between the particles. Except for a relatively few number of models which are
analytically tractable, much of the physics of anyons remain still unexplored.
In this paper, we show how U(1)-symmetry can be combined with the previously
proposed anyonic Matrix Product States to simulate ground states and dynamics
of anyonic systems on a lattice at any rational particle number density. We
provide proof of principle by studying itinerant anyons on a one dimensional
chain where no natural notion of braiding arises and also on a two-leg ladder
where the anyons hop between sites and possibly braid. We compare the result of
the ground state energies of Fibonacci anyons against hardcore bosons and
spinless fermions. In addition, we report the entanglement entropies of the
ground states of interacting Fibonacci anyons on a fully filled two-leg ladder
at different interaction strength, identifying gapped or gapless points in the
parameter space. As an outlook, our approach can also prove useful in studying
the time dynamics of a finite number of nonabelian anyons on a finite
two-dimensional lattice.Comment: Revised version: 20 pages, 14 captioned figures, 2 new tables. We
have moved a significant amount of material concerning symmetric tensors for
anyons --- which can be found in prior works --- to Appendices in order to
streamline our exposition of the modified Anyonic-U(1) ansat
Anyonic entanglement renormalization
We introduce a family of variational ansatz states for chains of anyons which
optimally exploits the structure of the anyonic Hilbert space. This ansatz is
the natural analog of the multi-scale entanglement renormalization ansatz for
spin chains. In particular, it has the same interpretation as a coarse-graining
procedure and is expected to accurately describe critical systems with
algebraically decaying correlations. We numerically investigate the validity of
this ansatz using the anyonic golden chain and its relatives as a testbed. This
demonstrates the power of entanglement renormalization in a setting with
non-abelian exchange statistics, extending previous work on qudits, bosons and
fermions in two dimensions.Comment: 19 pages, 10 figures, v2: extended, updated to match published
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Modular Invariant Partition Functions in the Quantum Hall Effect
We study the partition function for the low-energy edge excitations of the
incompressible electron fluid. On an annular geometry, these excitations have
opposite chiralities on the two edges; thus, the partition function takes the
standard form of rational conformal field theories. In particular, it is
invariant under modular transformations of the toroidal geometry made by the
angular variable and the compact Euclidean time. The Jain series of plateaus
have been described by two types of edge theories: the minimal models of the
W-infinity algebra of quantum area-preserving diffeomorphisms, and their
non-minimal version, the theories with U(1)xSU(m) affine algebra. We find
modular invariant partition functions for the latter models. Moreover, we
relate the Wen topological order to the modular transformations and the
Verlinde fusion algebra. We find new, non-diagonal modular invariants which
describe edge theories with extended symmetry algebra; their Hall
conductivities match the experimental values beyond the Jain series.Comment: Latex, 38 pages, 1 table (one minor error has been corrected
Two-dimensional models as testing ground for principles and concepts of local quantum physics
In the past two-dimensional models of QFT have served as theoretical
laboratories for testing new concepts under mathematically controllable
condition. In more recent times low-dimensional models (e.g. chiral models,
factorizing models) often have been treated by special recipes in a way which
sometimes led to a loss of unity of QFT. In the present work I try to
counteract this apartheid tendency by reviewing past results within the setting
of the general principles of QFT. To this I add two new ideas: (1) a modular
interpretation of the chiral model Diff(S)-covariance with a close connection
to the recently formulated local covariance principle for QFT in curved
spacetime and (2) a derivation of the chiral model temperature duality from a
suitable operator formulation of the angular Wick rotation (in analogy to the
Nelson-Symanzik duality in the Ostertwalder-Schrader setting) for rational
chiral theories. The SL(2,Z) modular Verlinde relation is a special case of
this thermal duality and (within the family of rational models) the matrix S
appearing in the thermal duality relation becomes identified with the
statistics character matrix S. The relevant angular Euclideanization'' is done
in the setting of the Tomita-Takesaki modular formalism of operator algebras.
I find it appropriate to dedicate this work to the memory of J. A. Swieca
with whom I shared the interest in two-dimensional models as a testing ground
for QFT for more than one decade.
This is a significantly extended version of an ``Encyclopedia of Mathematical
Physics'' contribution hep-th/0502125.Comment: 55 pages, removal of some typos in section
Spin TQFTs and fermionic phases of matter
We study lattice constructions of gapped fermionic phases of matter. We show
that the construction of fermionic Symmetry Protected Topological orders by Gu
and Wen has a hidden dependence on a discrete spin structure on the Euclidean
space-time. The spin structure is needed to resolve ambiguities which are
otherwise present. An identical ambiguity is shown to arise in the fermionic
analog of the string-net construction of 2D topological orders. We argue that
the need for a spin structure is a general feature of lattice models with local
fermionic degrees of freedom and is a lattice analog of the spin-statistics
relation.Comment: 42 pages, 7 figure
Topological Defect Lines and Renormalization Group Flows in Two Dimensions
We consider topological defect lines (TDLs) in two-dimensional conformal
field theories. Generalizing and encompassing both global symmetries and
Verlinde lines, TDLs together with their attached defect operators provide
models of fusion categories without braiding. We study the crossing relations
of TDLs, discuss their relation to the 't Hooft anomaly, and use them to
constrain renormalization group flows to either conformal critical points or
topological quantum field theories (TQFTs). We show that if certain
non-invertible TDLs are preserved along a RG flow, then the vacuum cannot be a
non-degenerate gapped state. For various massive flows, we determine the
infrared TQFTs completely from the consideration of TDLs together with modular
invariance.Comment: 101 pages, 63 figures, 2 tables; v3: minor changes, added footnotes
and references, published versio
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