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Decomposition squared

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-10-25 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we test and extend a proposal of Gu, Pei, and Zhang for an application of decomposition to three-dimensional theories with one-form symmetries and to quantum K theory. The theories themselves do not decompose, but, OPEs of parallel one-dimensional objects (such as Wilson lines) and dimensional reductions to two dimensions do decompose, sometimes in two independent ways. We apply this to extend conjectures for quantum K theory rings of gerbes (realized by three-dimensional gauge theories with one-form symmetries) via both orbifold partition functions and gauged linear sigma models.

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@article{arxiv.2405.12269,
  title  = {Decomposition squared},
  author = {Eric Sharpe and Hao Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.12269},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

30 pages, LaTeX, v2: discussion of more general levels added

R2 v1 2026-06-28T16:33:28.949Z