Decoherence on abelian topological order is modeled as a temporal defect in double TQFT driving boundary anyon condensation transitions classified by Lagrangian subgroups of the doubled order.
A quantum topological phase transition at the microscopic level
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We study a quantum phase transition between a phase which is topologically ordered and one which is not. We focus on a spin model, an extension of the toric code, for which we obtain the exact ground state for all values of the coupling constant that takes the system across the phase transition. We compute the entanglement and the topological entropy of the system as a function of this coupling constant, and show that the topological entropy remains constant all the way up to the critical point, and jumps to zero beyond it. Despite the jump in the topological entropy, the transition is second order as detected via any local observable.
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Decoherence on abelian topological order is modeled as a temporal defect in double TQFT driving boundary anyon condensation transitions classified by Lagrangian subgroups of the doubled order.