Phys. Rev. B 72, 035307 (2005) [10 pages]String and membrane condensation on three-dimensional latticesReceived 19 January 2005; revised 14 April 2005; published 6 July 2005 In this paper, we investigate the general properties of lattice spin models that have string and/or membrane condensed ground states. We discuss the properties needed to define a string or membrane operator. We study three three-dimensional spin models which lead to Z2 gauge theory at low energies. All the three models are exactly soluble and produce topologically ordered ground states. The first model contains both closed-string and closed-membrane condensations. The second model contains closed-string condensation only. The ends of open strings behave like fermionic particles. The third model also has condensations of closed membranes and closed strings. The ends of open strings are bosonic while the edges of open membranes are fermionic. The third model contains a different type of topological order. © 2005 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.72.035307
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.72.035307
PACS:
11.15.−q, 71.10.−w
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