Floquet topological phases with symmetry in all dimensions
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Abstract
Dynamical systems can host a number of remarkable symmetry-protected phases that are qualitatively different from their static analogs. We consider the phase space of symmetry-respecting unitary evolutions in detail and identify several distinct classes of evolution that host novel dynamical order. Using ideas from group cohomology, we construct a set of interacting drives that generate Floquet symmetry-protected topological order for each nontrivial cohomology class in every dimension. We go on to discuss symmetry-protected drives that lie outside of the cohomology construction and drives that are protected by antiunitary symmetries. The notions of order we define may be applied to general time-dependent systems, including many-body localized phases or time crystals.
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Authors
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Rahul Roy
University of California, Los Angeles, Univ of California - Los Angeles
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Fenner Harper
University of California, Los Angeles, Univ of California - Los Angeles