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We construct non-invertible symmetries in 6d $\mathcal{N}=(2,0)$ superconformal field theories that arise from Green-Schwarz (GS) automorphisms, which form abelian or non-abelian groups. Applied to $\mathbb{Z}_2$, $\mathbb{Z}_3$ and $S_3$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-15 Fabio Apruzzi , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Alison Warman

In recent years we have learned that several four-dimensional field theories can manifest non-invertible zero-form symmetries generalizing the Kramers-Wannier duality defect of the 2d critical Ising model. Several recent works by various…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-29 Michele Del Zotto , Azeem Hasan , Elias Riedel Gårding

A recent development in our understanding of the theory of quantum fields is the fact that familiar gauge theories in spacetime dimensions greater than two can have non-invertible symmetries generated by topological defects. The hallmark of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-30 Christian Copetti , Michele Del Zotto , Kantaro Ohmori , Yifan Wang

We study the non-invertible symmetries of class $\mathcal{S}$ theories obtained by compactifying the type $\mathfrak{a}_{p-1}$ 6d (2,0) theory on a genus $g$ Riemann surface with no punctures. After setting up the general framework, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-14 Vladimir Bashmakov , Michele Del Zotto , Azeem Hasan , Justin Kaidi

We develop a systematic framework for understanding symmetries in topological phases in 2+1 dimensions using the string-net model, encompassing both gauge symmetries that preserve anyon species and global symmetries permuting anyon species,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-01 Yu Zhao , Yidun Wan

We present a class of three-dimensional quantum field theories whose ordinary global symmetries mix with higher-form symmetries to form a continuous 2-group. All these models can be obtained by performing a gauging procedure in a parent…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-26 Jeremias Aguilera Damia , Riccardo Argurio , Luigi Tizzano

The symmetry structure of a quantum field theory is determined not only by the topological defects that implement the symmetry and their fusion rules, but also by the topological networks they can form, which is referred to as the higher…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-06 Seolhwa Kim , Orr Sela , Zhengdi Sun

These notes were prepared for a series of intensive lectures delivered at Hokkaido University, Nagoya University, Kyoto University, and Kyushu University. We begin with a brief review of higher-form symmetries, anomalies, and discrete gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-11 Justin Kaidi

We determine the $d+1$ dimensional topological field theory, which encodes the higher-form symmetries and their 't Hooft anomalies for $d$-dimensional QFTs obtained by compactifying M-theory on a non-compact space $X$. The resulting theory,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-02 Fabio Apruzzi , Federico Bonetti , Iñaki García Etxebarria , Saghar S. Hosseini , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

It is known that the 't Hooft anomalies of invertible global symmetries can be characterized by an invertible TQFT in one higher dimension. The analogous statement remains to be understood for non-invertible symmetries. In this note we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-19 Justin Kaidi , Emily Nardoni , Gabi Zafrir , Yunqin Zheng

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

In this paper we generalize previous results on anomaly resolution to noninvertible symmetries. Briefly, given a global symmetry G of some theory with a 't Hooft anomaly rendering it ungaugeable, the idea of anomaly resolution is to extend…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-21 A. Perez-Lona , D. Robbins , S. Roy , E. Sharpe , T. Vandermeulen , X. Yu

Non-invertible symmetries have been extensively studied in quantum field theories in recent years. In this note we initiate their study in supergravity. We find infinite families of non-invertible defects in 11d and 10d Type II…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-10 Eduardo García-Valdecasas

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

Mixed anomalies, higher form symmetries, two-group symmetries and non-invertible symmetries have proved to be useful in providing non-trivial constraints on the dynamics of quantum field theories. We study mixed anomalies involving discrete…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-08 Noppadol Mekareeya , Matteo Sacchi

We study global 1- and $(d-2)$-form symmetries for gauge theories based on disconnected gauge groups which include charge conjugation. For pure gauge theories, the 1-form symmetries are shown to be non-invertible. In addition, being the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-10 Guillermo Arias-Tamargo , Diego Rodriguez-Gomez

We investigate the gauging of higher-form finite Abelian symmetries and their sub-groups in quantum spin models in spatial dimensions $d=2$ and 3. Doing so, we naturally uncover gauged models with dual higher-group symmetries and potential…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-19 Heidar Moradi , Ömer M. Aksoy , Jens H. Bardarson , Apoorv Tiwari

Gauging a symmetry can be thought of as the insertion of a spacetime-filling defect. Accordingly, we regard each gaugeable symmetry in a theory as defining a $-1$-form symmetry via condensation. The resulting operators, called gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-21 Thomas Vandermeulen

In general quantum field theories (QFTs), ordinary (0-form) global symmetries and 1-form symmetries can combine into 2-group global symmetries. We describe this phenomenon in detail using the language of symmetry defects. We exhibit a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-28 Francesco Benini , Clay Cordova , Po-Shen Hsin

We use the Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT) to study and classify gapped phases in (2+1)d for a class of categorical symmetries, referred to as being of bosonic type. The SymTFTs for these symmetries are given by twisted and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-27 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Daniel Pajer , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Apoorv Tiwari , Alison Warman , Jingxiang Wu