Weak Hopf non-invertible symmetry-protected topological spin liquid and lattice realization of (1+1)D symmetry topological field theory
摘要
We propose weak Hopf symmetry as a general framework to explore (1+1)D topological phases that exhibit non-invertible symmetries. Inspired by the Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT) description of quantum phases with non-invertible symmetry, we construct a lattice model by introducing two distinct topological boundary conditions for a weak Hopf lattice gauge theory. One boundary encodes the topological symmetry information, while the other incorporates the non-topological dynamics. The resulting model is termed the cluster ladder model. We demonstrate that the cluster state model is a special case of this broader class of lattice models exhibiting weak Hopf symmetry H × Ĥ, where H is a weak Hopf algebra and Ĥ is its dual weak Hopf algebra. On a closed manifold, the symmetry reduces to Cocom(H) × Cocom(Ĥ), corresponding to the cocommutative subalgebras of H × Ĥ. An essential weak Hopf sub-symmetry is Cocom(H) × Rep(H), which, in the finite group case, reduces to the familiar symmetry G × Rep(G). To exactly solve the lattice model, we introduce a weak Hopf tensor network. Furthermore, we demonstrate how to construct the lattice realization of an arbitrary fusion category symmetry