Anyon structure of fractional topological insulating slabs with gapped surfaces

ORAL

Abstract

We consider fractional topological insulators (FTI) in three dimensions whose bulk quasiparticle excitations consist of partons coupled with a $Z_{2n+1}$ gauge theory. Their surface states can acquire an excitation energy gap by either breaking time reversal symmetry, charge $U(1)$ symmetry, or preserving both symmetries while introducing additional T-Pfaffian-like surface topological order. We theoretically study the anyon and symmetry structures of these gapped surface states as well as quasi-$(2+1)$D slabs of FTI with distinct opposite gapped surfaces.

Authors

  • Alexander Sirota

    • Univ of Virginia
  • Sharmistha Sahoo

    • Univ of Virginia
    • University of Virginia
  • Jeffrey C.Y. Teo

    • Univ of Virginia
  • Gil Young Cho

    • KAIST
    • Korea Adv Inst of Sci & Tech
    • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology