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Fractonic topological phases from coupled wires

ORAL

Abstract

We explore fractonic topological phases using three-dimensional coupled wire constructions, which have proven to be a successful tool to realize and characterize topological phases in two dimensions. We find that both gapped and gapless phases with fractonic excitations can emerge from the models. We show that the excitations in general have infinite-order fusion structure, distinct from previously known gapped fracton models. Like the 2D coupled wire constructions, many models exhibit gapless (or even chiral) surface states, which can be described by infinite-component Luttinger liquids. However, the universality class of the surface theory strongly depends on the surface orientation, thus revealing a new type of bulk-boundary correspondence unique to fracton phases.

Presenters

  • Joseph Sullivan

    Yale University

Authors

  • Joseph Sullivan

    Yale University

  • Arpit Dua

    California Institute of Technology, IBM Quantum, T.J. Watson Research Center and California Institute of Technology

  • Meng Cheng

    Yale University