Braided extensions of a rank $2$ fusion category

Abstract

We classify braided extensions $C$ of a rank $2$ fusion category. The result shows that $C$ is tensor equivalent to a Deligne's tensor product of some known categories, except $C$ is slightly degenerate and generated by a $\sqrt{2}$-dimensional simple object. To start with, we describe the fusion rules, universal grading group, and the Frobenius-Perron dimensions of simple objects of $C$ without the restriction that $C$ is braided.