Non-invertible topological defects in 4-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_2$ pure lattice gauge theory
Abstract
We explore topological defects in the 4-dimensional pure lattice gauge theory. This theory has 1-form center symmetry as well as the Kramers-Wannier-Wegner (KWW) duality. We construct the KWW duality topological defects in the similar way to that constructed by Aasen, Mong, Fendley arXiv:1601.07185 for the 2-dimensional Ising model. These duality defects turn out to be non-invertible. We also construct the 1-form symmetry defects as well as the junctions among KWW duality defects and 1-form center symmetry defects. The crossing relations among these defects are derived. The expectation values of some configurations of these topological defects are calculated by using these crossing relations.
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@article{arxiv.2109.05992,
title = {Non-invertible topological defects in 4-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_2$ pure lattice gauge theory},
author = {Masataka Koide and Yuta Nagoya and Satoshi Yamaguchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.05992},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
24 pages, 37 figures, v2: minor correction. v3: references and comments added