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We explore higher-form symmetries of M- and F-theory compactified on elliptic fibrations, determined by the topology of their asymptotic boundaries. The underlying geometric structures are shown to be equivalent to known characterizations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-01-05 Mirjam Cvetic , Markus Dierigl , Ling Lin , Hao Y. Zhang

Gauge theories are important descriptions for many physical phenomena and systems in quantum computation. Automorphism of gauge group naturally gives global symmetries of gauge theories. In this work we study such symmetries in gauge…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-12 Po-Shen Hsin , Ryohei Kobayashi

We discuss an isomorphism between the possible anomalies of $(d+1)$-dimensional quantum field theories with $\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ unitary global symmetry, and those of $d$-dimensional quantum field theories with time-reversal symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-09-02 Clay Cordova , Kantaro Ohmori , Shu-Heng Shao , Fei Yan

What does it mean for a boundary condition to be symmetric with respect to a non-invertible global symmetry? We discuss two possible definitions in 1+1d. On the one hand, we call a boundary weakly symmetric if the symmetry defects can…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-08 Yichul Choi , Brandon C. Rayhaun , Yaman Sanghavi , Shu-Heng Shao

We summarize basic features of quantum field theories with discrete symmetry $\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}$ (possibly higher form, global or gauged). The classification of representations and anomalies is quite rich and involves the ring of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-01 Pavel Putrov

In this dissertation, we study the generalized symmetries in supergravities and superconformal field theories from the string theory perspective. Part one is devoted to the study of string universality in high spacetime dimensions.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-14 Hao Y. Zhang

It is widely believed that consistent theories of quantum gravity satisfy two basic kinematic constraints: they are free from any global symmetry, and they contain a complete spectrum of gauge charges. For compact, abelian gauge groups,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-19 Ben Heidenreich , Jacob McNamara , Miguel Montero , Matthew Reece , Tom Rudelius , Irene Valenzuela

A generalized symmetry of a system of differential equations is an infinitesimal transformation depending locally upon the fields and their derivatives which carries solutions to solutions. We classify all generalized symmetries of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 I. M. Anderson , C. G. Torre

We determine the higher symmetries of 5d SCFTs engineered from M-theory on a $\mathbb{C}^3 / \Gamma$ background for $\Gamma$ a finite subgroup of $SU(3)$. This resolves a longstanding question as to how to extract this data when the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-14 Michele Del Zotto , Jonathan J. Heckman , Shani Nadir Meynet , Robert Moscrop , Hao Y. Zhang

We present numerical results for U(1) gauge theory in 2d and 4d spaces involving a non-commutative plane. Simulations are feasible thanks to a mapping of the non-commutative plane onto a twisted matrix model. In d=2 it was a long-standing…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-11-26 Wolfgang Bietenholz , Antonio Bigarini , Jun Nishimura , Yoshiaki Susaki , Alessandro Torrielli , Jan Volkholz

We study ordinary, zero-form symmetry $G$ and its anomalies in a system with a one-form symmetry $\Gamma$. In a theory with one-form symmetry, the action of $G$ on charged line operators is not completely determined, and additional data, a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-30 Diego Delmastro , Jaume Gomis , Po-Shen Hsin , Zohar Komargodski

We consider the dimensional reduction on a torus of the family of 6d $(1,0)$ SCFTs UV completing an $so(N)$ gauge theory with $N-8$ vector hypermultiplets. These SCFTs are known to possess a rich structure of discrete symmetries, notably…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-04 Gabi Zafrir

It is well-known that quantum groups are relevant to describe the quantum regime of 3d gravity. They encode a deformation of the gauge symmetries parametrized by the value of the cosmological constant. They appear as a form of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-31 Maïté Dupuis , Laurent Freidel , Florian Girelli , Abdulmajid Osumanu , Julian Rennert

We study the relation between the quantum integrable systems derived from the dimer graphs and five dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric gauge theories on $S^1 \times \mathbb{R}^4$. We construct integrable systems based on new dimer…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-10 Norton Lee

Assuming the existence of a field theory in D dimensions dual to (D+1)-dimensional flat space, governed by the asymptotic symmetries of flat space, we make some preliminary remarks about the properties of this field theory. We review…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-01 Arjun Bagchi , Rudranil Basu , Ashish Kakkar , Aditya Mehra

In this paper we continue the programme initiated in Part I, that is the study of entanglement measures in the sine-Gordon model. In both parts, we have focussed on one specific technique, that is the well-known connection between branch…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-24 David X. Horvath , Pasquale Calabrese , Olalla A. Castro-Alvaredo

We construct the defining data of two-dimensional topological field theories (TFTs) enriched by non-invertible symmetries/topological defect lines. Simple formulae for the three-point functions and the lasso two-point functions are derived,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-01-05 Tzu-Chen Huang , Ying-Hsuan Lin , Sahand Seifnashri

We develop a unified categorical framework for gauging both continuous and finite symmetries in arbitrary spacetime dimensions. Our construction applies to geometric categories i.e. categories internal to stacks. This generalizes the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 Devon Stockall , Matthew Yu

In axion-Maxwell theory at the minimal axion-photon coupling, we find non-invertible 0- and 1-form global symmetries arising from the naive shift and center symmetries. Since the Gauss law is anomalous, there is no conserved,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-19 Yichul Choi , Ho Tat Lam , Shu-Heng Shao

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