Stacking and the triviality of invertible phases

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Main Authors: Bachmann, Sven, Getz, Alan, Naaijkens, Pieter, Wray, Naomi
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author Bachmann, Sven
Getz, Alan
Naaijkens, Pieter
Wray, Naomi
author_facet Bachmann, Sven
Getz, Alan
Naaijkens, Pieter
Wray, Naomi
contents We study the superselection sectors of two quantum lattice systems stacked onto each other in the operator algebraic framework. We show in particular that all irreducible sectors of a stacked system are unitarily equivalent to a product of irreducible sectors of the factors. This naturally leads to a faithful functor between the categories for each system and the category of the stacked system. We construct an intermediate `product' category which we then show is equivalent to the stacked system category. As a consequence, the sectors associated with an invertible state are trivial, namely, invertible states support no anyonic quasi-particles.
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spellingShingle Stacking and the triviality of invertible phases
Bachmann, Sven
Getz, Alan
Naaijkens, Pieter
Wray, Naomi
Mathematical Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Operator Algebras
Quantum Physics
We study the superselection sectors of two quantum lattice systems stacked onto each other in the operator algebraic framework. We show in particular that all irreducible sectors of a stacked system are unitarily equivalent to a product of irreducible sectors of the factors. This naturally leads to a faithful functor between the categories for each system and the category of the stacked system. We construct an intermediate `product' category which we then show is equivalent to the stacked system category. As a consequence, the sectors associated with an invertible state are trivial, namely, invertible states support no anyonic quasi-particles.
title Stacking and the triviality of invertible phases
topic Mathematical Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Operator Algebras
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08382