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Fracton models with crystalline symmetries in two dimensions

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Abstract

We construct dipole conserving models invariant under crystalline symmetries. Excitations of these models are fractons. We further show how to gauge the dipole symmetries. Upon gauging we introduce gauge fields that transform under irreducible representations of discrete rotations. As a concrete example, we discuss a D4 symmetric model on a lattice, which can be coupled to a spin-2 gauge theory of point group C4. The known traceless scalar charge theory is a special continuum limit of our model. Discussions about charge mobility and Wilson strips are included. Next, we generalize our model to wallpaper groups p4mm (symmorphic) and p4gm (non-symmorphic). Where in p4gm (non-symmorphic) case we show that fields with two flavors are necessary to implement fractional translations.

Presenters

  • Tianyu He

    Brown University

Authors

  • Tianyu He

    Brown University

  • Andrey Gromov

    Brown University