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.

**M.C. is supported by Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and NSF CAREER (DMR-1846109).

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