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We use the language of von Neumann subfactors to investigate non-invertible symmetries in two dimensions. A fusion categorical symmetry $\mathcal{C}$, its module category $\mathcal{M}$, and a gauging labeled by an algebra object…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-17 Xingyang Yu , Hao Y. Zhang

Dimensional reduction of maximal supergravity to two dimensions leads to an infinite-dimensional (non-local) symmetry group W x E_9 which has a simpler action when the bosonic fields are dualised to an infinite tower of dual potentials. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Louis Paulot

We study topological holography for 2+1-D gapped and gapless phases with generalized symmetries using tools from higher linear algebra and higher condensation theory. We focus on bosonic fusion 2-category symmetries, where the Symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-19 Rui Wen

We review various aspects of (infinite) quantum group symmetries in 2D massive quantum field theories. We discuss how these symmetries can be used to exactly solve the integrable models. A possible way for generalizing to three dimensions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Denis Bernard

Symmetries of three-dimensional topological field theories are naturally defined in terms of invertible topological surface defects. Symmetry groups are thus Brauer-Picard groups. We present a gauge theoretic realization of all symmetries…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-07-07 Jürgen Fuchs , Jan Priel , Christoph Schweigert , Alessandro Valentino

(3+1)D topological phases of matter can host a broad class of non-trivial topological defects of codimension-1, 2, and 3, of which the well-known point charges and flux loops are special cases. The complete algebraic structure of these…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-04-12 Maissam Barkeshli , Yu-An Chen , Sheng-Jie Huang , Ryohei Kobayashi , Nathanan Tantivasadakarn , Guanyu Zhu

We propose that the symmetry category associated to a 2D quantum field theory with 0-form $G$-symmetry with 't Hooft anomaly $k\in H^4(BG,\mathbb{Z})$ for a large class of Lie groups $G$ is the category of twisted measurable fields of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-29 Qiang Jia , Ran Luo , Jiahua Tian , Yi-Nan Wang , Yi Zhang

We discuss the geometric origin of discrete higher form symmetries of quantum field theories in terms of defect groups from geometric engineering in M-theory. The flux non-commutativity in M-theory gives rise to (mixed) 't Hooft anomalies…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 Federica Albertini , Michele Del Zotto , Iñaki García Etxebarria , Saghar S. Hosseini

We study non-invertible global symmetries in 4d quantum field theories, aiming to generalize existing discussions to theories with multiple instantons and axions, and to make the subject more accessible to particle phenomenology. Building…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-22 Sungwoo Hong , Hyungyu Kim , Sung Mook Lee , Dongmin Seo

We elucidate the relationship between 2d integrable field theories and 2d integrable lattice models, in the framework of the 4d Chern-Simons theory. The 2d integrable field theory is realized by coupling the 4d theory to multiple 2d surface…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-19 Meer Ashwinkumar , Jun-ichi Sakamoto , Masahito Yamazaki

We review work on `decomposition,' a property of two-dimensional theories with 1-form symmetries and, more generally, d-dimensional theories with (d-1)-form symmetries. Decomposition is the observation that such quantum field theories are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-21 Eric Sharpe

Quantum field theories can exhibit various generalized symmetry structures, among which higher-group symmetries and non-invertible symmetry defects are particularly prominent. In this work, we explore a new general scenario in which these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-13 Adrien Arbalestrier , Riccardo Argurio , Luigi Tizzano

The modern approach to $m$-form global symmetries in a $d$-dimensional quantum field theory (QFT) entails specifying dimension $d-m-1$ topological generalized symmetry operators which non-trivially link with $m$-dimensional defect…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-09 Jonathan J. Heckman , Max Hübner , Ethan Torres , Hao Y. Zhang

The modern way to understand symmetries of a quantum field theory is via its topological defects in various dimensions. In this contribution to the proceedings we focus on line defects in 2d QFT and we point out that topological defects…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-05 Federico Ambrosino , Ingo Runkel , Gérard M. T. Watts

A relative theory is a boundary condition of a higher-dimensional topological quantum field theory (TQFT), and carries a non-trivial defect group formed by mutually non-local defects living in the relative theory. Prime examples are 6d…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-02 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Simone Giacomelli , Max Hubner , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

We present a general algebraic framework for gauging a 0-form compact, connected Lie group symmetry in (2+1)d topological phases. Starting from a symmetry fractionalization pattern of the Lie group $G$, we first extend $G$ to a larger…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-05-10 Meng Cheng , Po-Shen Hsin , Chao-Ming Jian

In the past year several constructions of non-invertible symmetries in Quantum Field Theory in $d\geq 3$ have appeared. In this paper we provide a unified perspective on these constructions. Central to this framework are so-called theta…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-04 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Apoorv Tiwari

Within the framework of relative and absolute quantum field theories (QFTs), we present a general formalism for understanding polarizations of the intermediate defect group and constructing non-invertible duality defects in theories in $2k$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-22 Craig Lawrie , Xingyang Yu , Hao Y. Zhang

Consider a d-dimensional quantum field theory (QFT) $\mathfrak{T}$, with a generalized symmetry $\mathcal{S}$, which may or may not be invertible. We study the action of $\mathcal{S}$ on generalized or $q$-charges, i.e. $q$-dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-15 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

We devise a general method for obtaining $0$-form noninvertible discrete chiral symmetries in $4$-dimensional $SU(N)/\mathbb Z_p$ and $SU(N)\times U(1)/\mathbb Z_p$ gauge theories with matter in arbitrary representations, where $\mathbb…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-15 Mohamed M. Anber , Samson Y. L. Chan
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