Braid Group, Gauge Invariance and Topological Order

dc.creatorSato, Masatoshi
dc.creatorKohmoto, Mahito
dc.creatorWu, Yong-Shi
dc.date2006-04-21
dc.date2007-05-19
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dc.descriptionTopological order in two-dimensional systems is studied by combining the braid group formalism with a gauge invariance analysis. We show that flux insertions (or large gauge transformations) pertinent to the toroidal topology induce automorphisms of the braid group, giving rise to a unified algebraic structure that characterizes the ground-state subspace and fractionally charged, anyonic quasiparticles. Minimal ground state degeneracy is derived without assuming any relation between quasiparticle charge and statistics. We also point out that noncommutativity between large gauge transformations is essential for the topological order in the fractional quantum Hall effect.
dc.description5pages, 2 figures; reference added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0604506
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0604506
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 97, 010601 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.010601
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/129140
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleBraid Group, Gauge Invariance and Topological Order
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