Generalized Symmetries in Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2025-01-07 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Recent advances in our understanding of symmetry in quantum many-body systems offer the possibility of a generalized Landau paradigm that encompasses all equilibrium phases of matter. This is a brief and elementary review of some of these developments.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2204.03045,
title = {Generalized Symmetries in Condensed Matter},
author = {John McGreevy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.03045},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
27 pages + refs; v2: added refs, minor improvements; v3: corrected a statement about the relation between SSB of higher-form symmetry and topological order, added an appendix explaining a counterexample, based on 2305.07063