Explicit tensor network representation for the ground states of string-net models

Buerschaper, O.; Aguado, M.; Vidal, G.

Explicit tensor network representation for the ground states of string-net models

Authors

Buerschaper, O.

Aguado, M.

Vidal, G.

Description

The structure of string-net lattice models, relevant as examples of topological phases, leads to a remarkably simple way of expressing their ground states as a tensor network constructed from the basic data of the underlying tensor categories. The construction highlights the importance of the fat lattice to understand these models.
5 pages, pdf figures