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The Conformal Spectrum of Non-Abelian Anyons
by Nima Doroud, David Tong, Carl Turner
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Submission summary
| Authors (as Contributors): | Nima Doroud · David Tong · Carl Turner |
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| Arxiv Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.05848v2 (pdf) |
| Date accepted: | 2018-03-19 |
| Date submitted: | 2018-03-07 01:00 |
| Submitted by: | Tong, David |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Theoretical |
Abstract
We study the spectrum of multiple non-Abelian anyons in a harmonic trap. The system is described by Chern-Simons theory, coupled to either bosonic or fermionic non-relativistic matter, and has an SO(2,1) conformal invariance. We describe a number of special properties of the spectrum, focussing on a class of protected states whose energies are dictated by their angular momentum. We show that the angular momentum of a bound state of non-Abelian anyons is determined by the quadratic Casimirs of their constituents.
Published as SciPost Phys. 4, 022 (2018)
Author comments upon resubmission
The referee raises an interesting question: what fraction of the states in the system are under analytic control? Unfortunately this appears to be a rather difficult problem and we do not have the general solution. Indeed, even for seemingly simple cases, like 3 anyons in SU(2), it is complicated.
In an attempt to improve the paper along the lines suggested by the referee, we have included a plot of the low lying states of two SU(2) anyons, in which we include both analytic and non-analytic states. We have elaborated on the difficulty in counting the analytic states in general.
List of changes
The changes are all on page 21. The referee requested a plot of analytic states for 3 anyons to match that in the introduction. While this plot is simple to construct, we felt that it didn't add much without knowing the non-analytic states as well. This is why we plumped for two anyons instead.