$\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}$ symmetry
High Energy Physics - Theory
2023-03-01 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Algebraic Topology
Geometric Topology
Number Theory
Abstract
We summarize basic features of quantum field theories with discrete symmetry (possibly higher form, global or gauged). The classification of representations and anomalies is quite rich and involves the ring of profinite integers. As a main example we consider in detail 3d topological Dijkgraaf-Witten gauge theories. We also briefly discuss relevance for some previously considered physical systems. In particular we comment on a relation to the recently discovered non-invertible symmetry in 4d QED and the problem of categorification of Chern-Simons TQFT.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2208.12071,
title = {$\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}$ symmetry},
author = {Pavel Putrov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.12071},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
29 pages. v2: minor changes in Section 5.1