Centers of graded fusion categories

Abstract

Let C be a fusion category faithfully graded by a finite group G and let D be the trivial component of this grading. The center Z(C) of C is shown to be canonically equivalent to a G-equivariantization of the relative center ZD(C). We use this result to obtain a criterion for C to be group-theoretical and apply it to Tambara–Yamagami fusion categories. We also find several new series of modular categories by analyzing the centers of Tambara–Yamagami categories. Finally, we prove a general result about the existence of zeroes in S-matrices of weakly integral modular categories.