The Symmetry Taco: Equivalences between Gapped, Gapless, and Mixed-State SPTs

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05335v1
• Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:00:00 GMT
• Title: The Symmetry Taco: Equivalences between Gapped, Gapless, and Mixed-State SPTs
• Authors: Marvin Qi, Ramanjit Sohal, Xie Chen, David T. Stephen, Abhinav Prem,
• Abstract summary: We propose a natural extension of the SymTFT framework to mixed-state phases by introducing the textitsymmetry taco<n>Our framework yields a classification of short-range correlated $G$-symmetric Choi states in $1+1$d.<n>It opens new avenues for exploring dualities, anomalies, and non-equilibrium criticality in mixed-state quantum matter.
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• Abstract: Symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT), or topological holography, offers a unifying framework for describing quantum phases of matter and phase transitions between them. While this approach has seen remarkable success in describing gapped and gapless pure-state phases in $1+1$d, its applicability to open quantum systems remains entirely unexplored. In this work, we propose a natural extension of the SymTFT framework to mixed-state phases by introducing the \textit{symmetry taco}: a bilayer topological order in $2+1$d whose folded geometry naturally encapsulates both strong and weak symmetries of the $1+1$d theory. We use this perspective to identify a series of correspondences, including a one-to-one map between intrinsically gapless SPTs (igSPTs) and certain gapped SPTs, and a mapping between igSPTs and intrinsically average SPTs (iASPTs) arising in $1+1$d mixed states. More broadly, our framework yields a classification of short-range correlated $G$-symmetric Choi states in $1+1$d, provides a route for systematically generating mixed-state SPTs via local decoherence of igSPTs, and allows us to identify a new mixed-state ``anomaly". Besides folding in mixed-state phases into the SymTFT paradigm, the symmetry taco opens new avenues for exploring dualities, anomalies, and non-equilibrium criticality in mixed-state quantum matter.

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