Microscopic Constructions of the $BF+AAB$ Topological Field Theory and Borromean-Rings Braiding in $(3+1)$ Dimensions

Yizhou Huang, Zhi-Feng Zhang, Qing-Rui Wang +1

Topological order was first studied in fractional quantum Hall states, where anyons reflect electron fractionalization. Recent advances in continuum topological field theories have…