Fusion Rules of Mobility

TL;DR

This paper explores how quasiparticle mobility constraints in topological phases lead to complex fusion algebra structures, demonstrated through exactly solvable models with subsystem symmetries.

Contribution

It introduces a framework connecting mobility restrictions with multi-channel fusion algebras in topological matter, including explicit models and phenomena.

Findings

Mobility classes obey multi-channel fusion rings.

Explicit models show Fibonacci and tensor product fusion rules.

Demonstrates lineon period transmutation in models.

Abstract

In topological phases of matter, fusion rules dictate how anyonic topological charges combine. However, the transformation of quasiparticle mobility under fusion remains largely unexplored. In this letter, we reveal that restricted mobility classes obey their own complex multi-channel fusion algebras. We introduce a family of exactly solvable models with $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological order enriched by subsystem symmetries to explicitly demonstrate these structures. Within this framework, mobility constraints arise from enforcing symmetries supported on specific subsets. When excitations fuse, these rigid geometric constraints interfere spatially. At the macroscopic level, this deterministic geometric interference manifests as a multi-channel fusion ring. We present three explicit mobility fusion phenomena realized in distinct models: (i) Fibonacci fusion rules; (ii) tensor products of Fibonacci rules; and (iii) lineon period transmutation.