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A Duality Web in Condensed Matter Systems

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-03-14 v1

Abstract

We study various dualities in condensed matter systems. The dualities in three dimensions could be derived from a conjecture of a duality between a Dirac fermion theory and an interacting scalar field theory at the Wilson-Fisher fixed point and zero temperature in three dimensions. We show that the dualities are not affected by the non-trivial holonomy, use a mean-field method to study, and discuss the dualities at a finite temperature. Finally, we combine a bulk theory, which is an Abelian pp-form theory with a theta term in 2p+22p+2 dimensions, and a boundary theory, which is a 2p+12p+1 dimensional theory, to discuss constraints and difficulties of a duality web in 2p+12p+1 dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.1707.09582,
  title  = {A Duality Web in Condensed Matter Systems},
  author = {Chen-Te Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.09582},
  year   = {2018}
}

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32 pages

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