Parity violation as enforced symmetry breaking in 3D fermionic topological order
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| author | Ning, Shang-Qiang Qi, Yang Wang, Chenjie Gu, Zheng-Cheng |
| author_facet | Ning, Shang-Qiang Qi, Yang Wang, Chenjie Gu, Zheng-Cheng |
| contents | Symmetry can be intrinsically broken in topological phases due to inherent incompatibilities, a phenomenon known as enforced symmetry breaking (ESB) in the framework of topological order. In our previous work, we developed a systematic framework to understand ESB within 2D invertible topological order. Meanwhile, the origin of parity violation in the Standard Model remains one of the most profound mysteries in physics, with no clear explanation to date. In this study, we explore the ESB of parity symmetry by three-dimensional fermionic topological order (fTO), offering potential insights into the origins of parity violation. As the simplest example, here we consider an fTO related to the intrinsic interacting fermionic SPT phase protected by $Z_2^f\times Z_2\times Z_8$ symmetry in three dimensions. We show that time-reversal symmetry (TRS) with ${T}^2=1$ on physical fermions is incompatible with such fTO; then, through the so-called crystalline equivalence principle, we show that the parity symmetry is also incompatible with it. In comparison, conventional TRS with ${T}^2={P}_f$ remains compatible to this fTO. We also discuss a general framework to study the ESB phenomenon for 3D fTO. |
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| spellingShingle | Parity violation as enforced symmetry breaking in 3D fermionic topological order Ning, Shang-Qiang Qi, Yang Wang, Chenjie Gu, Zheng-Cheng Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Symmetry can be intrinsically broken in topological phases due to inherent incompatibilities, a phenomenon known as enforced symmetry breaking (ESB) in the framework of topological order. In our previous work, we developed a systematic framework to understand ESB within 2D invertible topological order. Meanwhile, the origin of parity violation in the Standard Model remains one of the most profound mysteries in physics, with no clear explanation to date. In this study, we explore the ESB of parity symmetry by three-dimensional fermionic topological order (fTO), offering potential insights into the origins of parity violation. As the simplest example, here we consider an fTO related to the intrinsic interacting fermionic SPT phase protected by $Z_2^f\times Z_2\times Z_8$ symmetry in three dimensions. We show that time-reversal symmetry (TRS) with ${T}^2=1$ on physical fermions is incompatible with such fTO; then, through the so-called crystalline equivalence principle, we show that the parity symmetry is also incompatible with it. In comparison, conventional TRS with ${T}^2={P}_f$ remains compatible to this fTO. We also discuss a general framework to study the ESB phenomenon for 3D fTO. |
| title | Parity violation as enforced symmetry breaking in 3D fermionic topological order |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02736 |