Lorentz Symmetry Fractionalization and Dualities in (2+1)d
Abstract
We discuss symmetry fractionalization of the Lorentz group in (2+1) non-spin quantum field theory (QFT), and its implications for dualities. We prove that two inequivalent non-spin QFTs are dual as spin QFTs if and only if they are related by a Lorentz symmetry fractionalization with respect to an anomalous one-form symmetry. Moreover, if the framing anomalies of two non-spin QFTs differ by a multiple of 8, then they are dual as spin QFTs if and only if they are also dual as non-spin QFTs. Applications to summing over the spin structures, time-reversal symmetry, and level/rank dualities are explored. The Lorentz symmetry fractionalization naturally arises in Chern-Simons matter dualities that obey certain spin/charge relations, and is instrumental for the dualities to hold when viewed as non-spin theories.
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@article{arxiv.1909.07383,
title = {Lorentz Symmetry Fractionalization and Dualities in (2+1)d},
author = {Po-Shen Hsin and Shu-Heng Shao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.07383},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
29 pages, 3 figures. v2 appendix added and section 4.2 expanded