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We investigate the interactions of discrete zero-form and one-form global symmetries in (1+1)d theories. Focus is put on the interactions that the symmetries can have on each other, which in this low dimension result in 2-group symmetries…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-01 Matthew Yu

A holographic correspondence has been recently developed between higher spin theories in three-dimensional anti-de Sitter space (AdS_3) and two-dimensional Conformal Field Theories (CFTs) with extended symmetries. A class of such dualities…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-09 Jan de Boer , Juan I. Jottar

We revisit the N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons-matter theories and their supergravity duals in the context of generalized symmetries. This allows us to finally clarify how the $SU(N)\times SU(N)$ and $(SU(N)\times SU(N))/\mathbb{Z}_N$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Oren Bergman , Yuji Tachikawa , Gabi Zafrir

In AdS/CFT partition functions of decoupled copies of the CFT factorize. In bulk computations of such quantities contributions from spacetime wormholes which link separate asymptotic boundaries threaten to spoil this property, leading to a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-07-29 Phil Saad , Stephen Shenker , Shunyu Yao

The global symmetry data of a $D$-dimensional absolute quantum field theory can sometimes be packaged in terms of a $(D+1)$-dimensional bulk system obtained by extending along an interval, with a relative QFT$_D$ at one end and suitable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-23 Jonathan J. Heckman , Max Hübner , Chitraang Murdia

We analyse a simple example of a holographically dual pair in which we topologically twist both theories. The holography is based on the two-dimensional N=2 supersymmetric Liouville conformal field theory that defines a unitary bulk quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-22 Songyuan Li , Jan Troost

Given two otherwise decoupled $D$-dimensional CFTs which possess a common (finite) symmetry subcategory, one can consider entangled boundary states of their $(D+1)$-dimensional SymTFTs. This roughly corresponds to performing a gauging of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-12 Ethan Torres , Xingyang Yu

This paper investigates the holographic realization of anyons in \(SU(N)_k\) Chern-Simons theory within the AdS/CFT framework. The study extends traditional models, such as \(SU(2)\), to higher-rank groups like \(SU(3)\) and \(SU(4)\),…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-23 Tzu-Miao Chou

We study holography of the 3d Chern-Simons theory as a gauge theory of $so(3,2)$, $sl_4$ and $sl_5$ algebras. For the near horizon boundary conditions we comment solutions from several projectors from Chern-Simons to the metric formulation.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-26 I. Lovrekovic

We study how non-invertible self-duality defects arise in theories with a holographic dual. We focus on the paradigmatic example of $\mathfrak{su}(N)$ $\mathcal{N} = 4$ SYM. The theory is known to have non-invertible duality and triality…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-02 Andrea Antinucci , Francesco Benini , Christian Copetti , Giovanni Galati , Giovanni Rizi

A large class of symmetries of topological quantum field theories is naturally described by functors into higher categories of topological defects. Here we study 2-group symmetries of 3-dimensional TQFTs. We explain that these symmetries…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Nils Carqueville , Benjamin Haake

We study 3d and 4d systems with a one-form global symmetry, explore their consequences, and analyze their gauging. For simplicity, we focus on $\mathbb{Z}_N$ one-form symmetries. A 3d topological quantum field theory (TQFT) $\mathcal{T}$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-04-02 Po-Shen Hsin , Ho Tat Lam , Nathan Seiberg

We study the holographic dual of a topological symmetry operator in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. Symmetry operators arise from topological field theories localized on a subspace of the boundary CFT spacetime. We use bottom up…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-23 Jonathan J. Heckman , Max Hübner , Chitraang Murdia

We systematically study the anomaly inflow by the bulk Chern-Simons (CS) theory in a slice of five-dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime ($\text{AdS}_5$). The introduction of UV and IR 3-branes makes the anomaly story remarkably rich and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-04 Sungwoo Hong , Gabriele Rigo

We consider a model of 3d quantum gravity defined by $n$ copies of a rational Virasoro TQFT with central charge $1/2$, summed over all 3d topologies. This theory is holographically dual to an ensemble of all 2d CFTs with central charge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-14 Anatoly Dymarsky

We consider the holographic computation of two dimensional conformal field theory partition functions on non-orientable surfaces. We classify the three dimensional geometries that give bulk saddle point contributions to the partition…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-07 Alexander Maloney , Simon F. Ross

In this work, first, we discuss the connections between various low-dimensional quantum gravity models, including 3d Chern-Simons, 2d JT, 2d BF theory, 2d Liouville, 2d WZW, and 1d Schwarzian, which are related through holography and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-29 Mahdis Ghodrati

In this note we discuss a possible holographic dual of the two dimensional conformal field theory associated with the world-sheet of a macroscopic superstring in a compactification on four-torus. We assume the near horizon geometry of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-02-09 Mohsen Alishahiha , Subir Mukhopadhyay

We present effective field theories for dipole symmetric topological matters that can be described by the Chern-Simons theory. Unlike most studies using higher-rank gauge theory, we develop a framework with both U(1) and dipole gauge…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-10-12 Xiaoyang Huang

3-dimensional BF theory with gauge group $G$ (= Chern-Simons theory with non-compact gauge group $TG$) is a deceptively simple yet subtle topological gauge theory. Formally, its partition function is a sum/integral over the moduli space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-17 Matthias Blau , Mbambu Kakona , George Thompson