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Tensor Networks for Noninvertible Symmetries in 3+1 D and beyond

  • The University of Chicago

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Abstract

Tensor networks provide a natural language for noninvertible symmetries in general Hamiltonian lattice models. We use ZX-diagrams, which are tensor network presentations of quantum circuits, to define a noninvertible operator implementing the Wegner duality in 3+1D lattice Z2 gauge theory. The noninvertible algebra, which mixes with lattice translations, can be efficiently computed using ZX-calculus. We further deform the Z2 gauge theory while preserving the duality and find a model with nine exactly degenerate ground states on a torus, consistent with the Lieb-Schultz-Mattis-type constraint imposed by the symmetry. Finally, we provide a ZX-diagram presentation of the noninvertible duality operators (including noninvertible parity and reflection symmetries) of generalized Ising models based on graphs, encompassing the 1+1D Ising model, the three-spin Ising model, the Ashkin-Teller model, and the 2+1D plaquette Ising model. The mixing (or lack thereof) with spatial symmetries is understood from a unifying perspective based on graph theory.

Original languageEnglish
Article number041006
JournalPhysical Review X
Volume15
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2025

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