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SymSETs and self-dualities under gauging non-invertible symmetries

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-01-15 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The self-duality defects under discrete gauging in a categorical symmetry C\mathcal{C} can be classified by inequivalent ways of enriching the bulk SymTFT of C\mathcal{C} with Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 0-form symmetry. The resulting Symmetry Enriched Topological (SET) orders will be referred to as SymSETs\textit{SymSETs} and are parameterized by choices of Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 symmetries, as well as symmetry fractionalization classes and discrete torsions. In this work, we consider self-dualities under gauging non-invertible\textit{non-invertible} 00-form symmetries in 22-dim QFTs and explore their SymSETs. Unlike the simpler case of self-dualities under gauging finite Abelian groups, the SymSETs here generally admit multiple choices of fractionalization classes. We provide a direct construction of the SymSET from a given duality defect using its relative center\textit{relative center}. Using the SymSET, we show explicitly that changing fractionalization classes can change fusion rules of the duality defect besides its FF-symbols. We consider three concrete examples: the maximal gauging of RepH8\operatorname{Rep} H_8, the non-maximal gauging of the duality defect N\mathcal{N} in RepH8\operatorname{Rep} H_8 and RepD8\operatorname{Rep} D_8 respectively. The latter two cases each result in 6 fusion categories with two types of fusion rules related by changing fractionalization class. In particular, two self-dualities of RepD8\operatorname{Rep} D_8 related by changing the fractionalization class lead to RepD16\operatorname{Rep} D_{16} and RepSD16\operatorname{Rep} SD_{16} respectively. Finally, we study the physical implications such as the spin selection rules and the SPT phases for the aforementioned categories.

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@article{arxiv.2501.07787,
  title  = {SymSETs and self-dualities under gauging non-invertible symmetries},
  author = {Da-Chuan Lu and Zhengdi Sun and Zipei Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.07787},
  year   = {2025}
}

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119 pages, 5 figures, 5 Tables, multiple Mathematica ancillary files