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Symmetry TFT for Subsystem Symmetry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-04-10 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We generalize the idea of symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT) for subsystem symmetry. We propose the 2-foliated BF theory with level NN in (3+1)(3+1)d as subsystem SymTFT for subsystem ZN\mathbb Z_N symmetry in (2+1)(2+1)d. Focusing on N=2N=2, we investigate various topological boundaries. The subsystem Kramers-Wannier and Jordan-Wigner dualities can be viewed as boundary transformations of the subsystem SymTFT and are included in a larger duality web from the subsystem SL(2,Z2)SL(2,\mathbb Z_2) symmetry of the bulk foliated BF theory. Finally, we construct the condensation defects and twist defects of SS-transformation in the subsystem SL(2,Z2)SL(2,\mathbb Z_2), from which the fusion rule of subsystem non-invertible operators can be recovered.

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@article{arxiv.2310.01474,
  title  = {Symmetry TFT for Subsystem Symmetry},
  author = {Weiguang Cao and Qiang Jia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.01474},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

49 pages + appendices, 9 figures; typos corrected

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