Systematic construction of interfaces and anomalous boundaries for fermionic symmetry-protected topological phases
We use the pullback trivialization technique to systematically construct gapped interfaces and anomalous boundaries for fermionic symmetry-protected topological (FSPT) states by extending their symmetry group ${G}_{f}={\mathbb{Z}}_{2}^{f}{\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}}_{{\ensuremath{\omega}}_{2}}G$ to larger groups. These FSPT states may involve decoration layers of both Majorana chains and complex fermions. We derive general consistency formulas explicitly for ($2+1$)-dimensional (D) and ($3+1$)D systems, where nontrivial twists arise from fermionic symmetric local unitaries or ``gauge transformations'' that ensure coboundaries vanish at the cochain level. Additionally, we present explicit example for a ($3+1$)D FSPT of symmetry group ${G}_{f}={\mathbb{Z}}_{2}^{f}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{\mathbb{Z}}_{4}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{\mathbb{Z}}_{4}$ with Majorana chain decorations.
Authors
- Qing-Rui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4850-8511)
- Kevin Loo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8644-1891)
Institutions
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.111.205102
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.25
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China