Symmetry fractionalization of visons in ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ spin liquids

Abstract

In this work we study symmetry fractionalization of vison excitations in topological ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ spin liquids. We show that in the presence of the full $\mathrm{SO}(3)$ spin rotational symmetry and if there is an odd number of spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ per unit cell, the symmetry fractionalization of visons is completely fixed. On the other hand, visons can have different classes of symmetry fractionalization if the spin rotational symmetry is reduced. As a concrete example, we show that visons in the Balents-Fisher-Girvin ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ spin liquid have crystal symmetry fractionalization classes which are not allowed in $\mathrm{SO}(3)$ symmetric spin liquids, due to the reduced spin rotational symmetry.

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