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Examples of Invertible Gauging via Orbifold Data, Zesting, and Equivariantisation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-05-19 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We study the gauging of invertible symmetries, particularly in 3 dimensions, using equivariantisation, GG-crossed braided zesting, and the generalised orbifold construction. We discuss how these methods are related and illustrate them in various examples. We cover all Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-symmetries in Dijkgraaf--Witten Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-gauge theory D(Z2)\mathcal{D}(\mathbb{Z}_2), the Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-symmetries described by Tambara--Yamagami categories, and obstructions to gauging the central symmetry in Chern--Simons SU(2)k\mathrm{SU}(2)_k-gauge theory. We introduce zested orbifold data for symmetries related by zesting and show that the two associated orbifold data are Morita-equivalent, i.e.\ they have the same underlying surface defect.

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@article{arxiv.2605.16942,
  title  = {Examples of Invertible Gauging via Orbifold Data, Zesting, and Equivariantisation},
  author = {Benjamin Haake},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.16942},
  year   = {2026}
}

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