Kramers-Wannier-like duality defects in (3+1)d gauge theories
High Energy Physics - Theory
2022-04-19 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Abstract
We introduce a class of non-invertible topological defects in (3+1)d gauge theories whose fusion rules are the higher-dimensional analogs of those of the Kramers-Wannier defect in the (1+1)d critical Ising model. As in the lower-dimensional case, the presence of such non-invertible defects implies self-duality under a particular gauging of their discrete (higher-form) symmetries. Examples of theories with such a defect include SO(3) Yang-Mills (YM) at , SO(3) super YM, and SU(2) super YM at . We also introduce an analogous construction in (2+1)d, and give a number of examples in Chern-Simons-matter theories.
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@article{arxiv.2111.01141,
title = {Kramers-Wannier-like duality defects in (3+1)d gauge theories},
author = {Justin Kaidi and Kantaro Ohmori and Yunqin Zheng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.01141},
year = {2022}
}
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12 pages; v3: publication version