Anyon condensation in mixed-state topological order

We discuss anyon condensation in mixed-state topological order. The phases were recently conjectured to be classified by pre-modular fusion categories. Just like anyon condensation in pure-state topological order, a bootstrap analysis shows condensable anyons are given by connected étale algebras. We explain how to perform generic anyon condensation including non-invertible anyons and successive condensations. Interestingly, some condensations lead to pure-state topological orders. We clarify when this happens. We also compute topological invariants of equivalence classes.

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SciPost Physics Core
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2025-10-20
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https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphyscore.8.4.072
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2
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Quantum many-body systems
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Anyon condensation in mixed-state topological order

Ken Kikuchi, Kah-Sen Kam, Fu-Hsiang Huang
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Quantum many-body systems
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Anyon condensation in mixed-state topological order

Ken Kikuchi, Kah-Sen Kam, Fu-Hsiang Huang
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Abstract

We discuss anyon condensation in mixed-state topological order. The phases were recently conjectured to be classified by pre-modular fusion categories. Just like anyon condensation in pure-state topological order, a bootstrap analysis shows condensable anyons are given by connected étale algebras. We explain how to perform generic anyon condensation including non-invertible anyons and successive condensations. Interestingly, some condensations lead to pure-state topological orders. We clarify when this happens. We also compute topological invariants of equivalence classes.

SciPost Physics CoreVol. 8(4)
National Taiwan University (TW)
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Quantum many-body systems
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