On gapped boundaries for SPT phases beyond group cohomology

Abstract

Abstract We discuss a strategy to construct gapped boundaries for a large class of symmetry-protected topological phases (SPT phases) beyond group cohomology. This is done by a generalization of the symmetry extension method previously used for cohomo- logical SPT phases. We find that this method allows us to construct gapped boundaries for time-reversal-invariant bosonic SPT phases and for fermionic Gu-Wen SPT phases for arbitrary finite internal symmetry groups.

Keywords

• Topological States of Matter
• Anomalies in Field and String Theories
• Topo- logical Field Theories