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"Zoology" of non-invertible duality defects: the view from class $\mathcal{S}$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-05-20 v2

Abstract

We study generalizations of the non-invertible duality defects present in N=4\mathcal{N} = 4 SU(N) SYM by studying theories with larger duality groups. We focus on 4d N=2\mathcal{N} = 2 theories of class S\mathcal{S} obtained by the dimensional reduction of the 6d N=(2,0)\mathcal{N} = (2, 0) theory of AN1A_{N-1} type on a Riemann surface Σg\Sigma_g without punctures. We discuss their non-invertible duality symmetries and provide two ways to compute their fusion algebra: either using discrete topological manipulations or a 5d TQFT description. We also introduce the concept of "rank" of a non-invertible duality symmetry and show how it can be used to (almost) completely fix the fusion algebra with little computational effort.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2212.09549,
  title  = {"Zoology" of non-invertible duality defects: the view from class $\mathcal{S}$},
  author = {Andrea Antinucci and Christian Copetti and Giovanni Galati and Giovanni Rizi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.09549},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

V2: minor improvements and typos fixed, matches journal version