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Fusing Binary Interface Defects in Topological Phases: The case
A binary interface defect is any interface between two (not necessarily
invertible) domain walls. We compute all possible binary interface defects in
Kitaev's model and all possible fusions between them.
Our methods can be applied to any Levin-Wen model. We also give physical
interpretations for each of the defects in the model.
These physical interpretations provide a new graphical calculus which can be
used to compute defect fusion.Comment: 27+10 pages, 2+5 tables, comments welcom
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