Fermionic Higher-form Symmetries
High Energy Physics - Theory
2023-10-10 v4
Abstract
In this paper, we explore a new type of global symmetriesthe fermionic higher-form symmetries. They are generated by topological operators with fermionic parameter, which act on fermionic extended objects. We present a set of field theory examples with fermionic higher-form symmetries, which are constructed from fermionic tensor fields. They include the free fermionic tensor theories, a new type of fermionic topological quantum field theories, as well as the exotic 6d (4,0) theory. We also discuss the gauging and breaking of such global symmetries and the relation to the no global symmetry swampland conjecture.
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@article{arxiv.2303.12633,
title = {Fermionic Higher-form Symmetries},
author = {Yi-Nan Wang and Yi Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.12633},
year = {2023}
}
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29 pages