Published March 20, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Classification of dipolar symmetry-protected topological phases: Matrix product states, stabilizer Hamiltonians, and finite tensor gauge theories

  • 1. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

Description

We classify one-dimensional symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phases protected by dipole symmetries. A dipole symmetry comprises two sets of symmetry generators: charge and dipole operators, which together form a nontrivial algebra with translations. Using matrix product states (MPS), we show that for a G dipole symmetry with G a finite Abelian group, the one-dimensional dipolar SPTs are classified by the group H2[G×G,U(1)]/H2[G,U(1)]2. Because of the symmetry algebra, the MPS tensors exhibit an unusual property, prohibiting the fractionalization of charge operators at the edges. For each phase in the classification, we explicitly construct a stabilizer Hamiltonian to realize the SPT phase and derive the response field theories by coupling the dipole symmetry to background tensor gauge fields. These field theories generalize the Dijkgraaf-Witten theories to twisted finite tensor gauge theories.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.109.115142;
arXiv
arXiv:2311.04962;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/501100001692; 10.13039/100000008;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review B
Journal Volume
109
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
21 pgs.
ISSN
1550-235X

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Copyright
©2024 American Physical Society
Notes
Contact Email: htlam@mit.edu; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
Croucher Foundation; David and Lucile Packard Foundation