QuIST seminar - Milo Moses, Caltech

Milo Moses

Academic Surge 2050
Date: 11/6/2025 3PM
Location: Academic Surge 2050
Title: Complete lattice invariants for distinguishing topological states
Abstract: The algebraic theory of topological order predicts lattice invariants which can be used to completely classify topological ordered phases. I will present on recent progress on the rigorous formulation of these invariants within the entanglement bootstrap program, joint with I. Kim, A. Kitaev, and D. Ranard, applied to the context of Levin-Wen string-net states. We outline an argument for the full classification of circuit equivalence classes of string-net states and their gapped boundaries.