Crossing with the circle in Dijkgraaf-Witten theory and applications to topological phases of matter

Abstract

Given a fully extended topological quantum field theory, the 'crossing with the circle' conditions establish that the dimension, or categorification thereof, of the quantum invariant assigned to a closed $k$-manifold $\Sigma$ is equivalent to that assigned to the ($k$+1)-manifold $\Sigma \times {\mathbb{S}}^1$. We compute in this manuscript these conditions for the 4-3-2-1 Dijkgraaf-Witten theory. In the context of the lattice Hamiltonian realisation of the theory, the quantum invariants assigned to the circle and the torus encode the defect open string-like and bulk loop-like excitations, respectively. The corresponding 'crossing with the circle' condition thus formalises the process by which loop-like excitations are formed out of string-like ones. Exploiting this result, we revisit the statement that loop-like excitations define representations of the linear necklace group as well as the loop braid group.

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