Boundary Hamiltonian theory for gapped topological phases on an open surface

Abstract In this paper we propose a Hamiltonian approach to gapped topological phases on open surfaces. Our setting is an extension of the Levin-Wen model to a 2d graph on an open surface, whose boundary is part of the graph. We systematically construct a series of boundary Hamiltonians such that ea...

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Main Authors: Yuting Hu, Zhu-Xi Luo, Ren Pankovich, Yidun Wan, Yong-Shi Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP01(2018)134