Non-perturbative constraints from symmetry and chirality on Majorana zero modes and defect quantum numbers in (2+1)D

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.02452v1
• Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 18:00:00 GMT
• Title: Non-perturbative constraints from symmetry and chirality on Majorana zero modes and defect quantum numbers in (2+1)D
• Authors: Naren Manjunath, Vladimir Calvera, and Maissam Barkeshli
• Abstract summary: In (1)D topological phases, unpaired Majorana zero modes (MZMs) can arise only if the internal symmetry group $G_f$ of the ground state splits as $G_f = G_b times mathbbZf$. In contrast, (2+1)D topological superconductors (TSC) can host unpaired MZMs at defects even when $G_f$ is not of the form $G_b times mathbbZf$.
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• Abstract: In (1+1)D topological phases, unpaired Majorana zero modes (MZMs) can arise only if the internal symmetry group $G_f$ of the ground state splits as $G_f = G_b \times \mathbb{Z}_2^f$, where $\mathbb{Z}_2^f$ is generated by fermion parity, $(-1)^F$. In contrast, (2+1)D topological superconductors (TSC) can host unpaired MZMs at defects even when $G_f$ is not of the form $G_b \times \mathbb{Z}_2^f$. In this paper we study how $G_f$ together with the chiral central charge $c_-$ strongly constrain the existence of unpaired MZMs and the quantum numbers of symmetry defects. Our results utilize a recent algebraic characterization of (2+1)D invertible fermionic topological states, which provides a non-perturbative approach based on topological quantum field theory, beyond free fermions. We study physically relevant groups such as $\mathrm{U}(1)^f\rtimes H,\mathrm{SU}(2)^f \times H, \mathrm{U}(2)^f\rtimes H $, generic Abelian groups, as well as more general compact Lie groups, antiunitary symmetries and crystalline symmetries. We present an algebraic formula for the fermionic crystalline equivalence principle, which gives an equivalence between states with crystalline and internal symmetries. In light of our theory, we discuss several previously proposed realizations of unpaired MZMs in TSC materials such as Sr$_2$RuO$_4$, transition metal dichalcogenides and iron superconductors, in which crystalline symmetries are often important; in some cases we present additional predictions for the properties of these models.

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