Gauge Defects
High Energy Physics - Theory
2023-11-21 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Abstract
Gauging a symmetry can be thought of as the insertion of a spacetime-filling defect. Accordingly, we regard each gaugeable symmetry in a theory as defining a -form symmetry via condensation. The resulting operators, called gauge defects, have a natural fusion product, generally non-invertible, which we explore in a variety of two-dimensional theories.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2310.08626,
title = {Gauge Defects},
author = {Thomas Vandermeulen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.08626},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
19 pages; v2: added appendix A.3 describing S3 gauge defects