Gapped Lineon and Fracton Models on Graphs

Abstract

We introduce a ${\mathbb{Z}}_N$ stabilizer code that can be defined on any spatial lattice of the form $\Gamma \times C_{L_z}$, where $\Gamma$ is a general graph. We also present the low-energy limit of this stabilizer code as a Euclidean lattice action, which we refer to as the anisotropic ${\mathbb{Z}}_N$ Laplacian model. It is gapped, robust (i.e., stable under small deformations), and has lineons. Its ground state degeneracy (GSD) is expressed in terms of a "mod $N$-reduction" of the Jacobian group of the graph $\Gamma$. In the special case when space is an $L\times L\times L_z$ cubic lattice, the logarithm of the GSD depends on $L$ in an erratic way and grows no faster than $O(L)$. We also discuss another gapped model, the ${\mathbb{Z}}_N$ Laplacian model, which can be defined on any graph. It has fractons and a similarly strange GSD.

51+1 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. v2: minor clarifications

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