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We propose a unified framework to classify gapped infra-red (IR) phases with categorical symmetries, leading to a generalized, categorical Landau paradigm. This is applicable in any dimension and gives a succinct, comprehensive, and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-10-24 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Lea E. Bottini , Daniel Pajer , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

Symmetry is fundamental in the description and simulation of quantum systems. Leveraging symmetries in classical simulations of many-body quantum systems can results in significant overhead due to the exponentially growing size of some…

Enhancement of global symmetry and supersymmetry in the infrared is one of the most intriguing phenomena in quantum field theory. We investigate such phenomena in a large class of three dimensional superconformal field theories, known as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 Ivan Garozzo , Gabriele Lo Monaco , Noppadol Mekareeya , Matteo Sacchi

In this Letter, we demonstrate that the Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT) associated to a Quantum Field Theory (QFT) with continuous non-abelian $G$-flavor symmetry is a $BF$-theory with gauge group $G$. We show that gauging…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-18 Qiang Jia , Ran Luo , Jiahua Tian , Yi-Nan Wang , Yi Zhang

A general algebraic approach, incorporating both invariance groups and dynamic symmetry algebras, is developed to reveal hidden coherent structures (closed complexes and configurations) in quantum many-body physics models due to symmetries…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Valery P. Karassiov

Non-invertible symmetries have by now seen numerous constructions in higher dimensional Quantum Field Theories (QFT). In this paper we provide an in depth study of gauging 0-form symmetries in the presence of non-invertible symmetries. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-11 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Lea E. Bottini , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Apoorv Tiwari

Symmetry plays a central role in quantum field theory. Recent developments include symmetries that act on defects and other subsystems, and symmetries that are categorical rather than group-like. These generalized notions of symmetry allow…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-20 Clay Cordova , Thomas T. Dumitrescu , Kenneth Intriligator , Shu-Heng Shao

We study various aspects of global symmetries in five-dimensional superconformal field theories. Whenever a supersymmetry-preserving relevant deformation is available, the infrared gauge theory description might exhibit a finite order mixed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-16 Pietro Benetti Genolini , Luigi Tizzano

In this work we study particular TQFTs in three dimensions, known as Symmetry Topological Field Theories (or SymTFTs), to identify line defects of two-dimensional CFTs arising from the compactification of 6d $(2,0)$ SCFTs on 4-manifolds…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-26 Jin Chen , Wei Cui , Babak Haghighat , Yi-Nan Wang

We describe the self-duality symmetries for 4d Maxwell theory at any value of the coupling $\tau$ via topological manipulations that include gauging continuous symmetries with flat connections. Moreover, we demonstrate that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-05 Elise Paznokas

In this paper we discuss generalizations of discrete torsion to noninvertible symmetries in 2d QFTs. One point of this paper is to explain that there are two complementary generalizations. Both generalizations are counted by $H^2(G,U(1))$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-17 Alonso Perez-Lona

Unitarity is a cornerstone of quantum theory, ensuring the conservation of probability and information. Although non-Hermitian Hamiltonians are typically associated with open or dissipative systems, pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics shows…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-03 Ruifeng Leng , Cheng-Yang Lee , Siyi Zhou

Different gaugings of the global symmetry of a quantum field theory are closely related to its various phases. In this work, we study candidate gaugeable symmetries by analyzing candidate Lagrangian algebra data in the Drinfeld center of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-29 Qiang Jia , Cheng Ma , Jiahua Tian

The one-dimensional (1D) fractional Fourier transform (FRFT) generalizes the Fourier transform, offering significant advantages in the time-frequency analysis of non-stationary signals. While various 2D extensions exist, such as the 2D…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Daxiang Li , Zhichao Zhang , Wei Yao

What can one do with a given tunable quantum device? We provide complete symmetry criteria deciding whether some effective target interaction(s) can be simulated by a set of given interactions. Symmetries lead to a better understanding of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-14 Zoltán Zimborás , Robert Zeier , T. Schulte-Herbrueggen , Daniel Burgarth

We revisit 6d (2,0) SCFTs of type $D_N$ and their realization in M-theory, focusing on absolute variants of these theories and on their global finite 0- and 2-form symmetries. We derive the 7d SymTFT capturing these global symmetries from…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-12 Federico Bonetti , Michele Del Zotto , Ruben Minasian

We initiate the S-matrix bootstrap analysis of theories with non-invertible symmetries in (1+1) dimensions. Our previous work showed that crossing symmetry of S-matrices in such theories is modified, with modification characterized by the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-04 Christian Copetti , Lucia Cordova , Shota Komatsu

Symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT), or topological holography, posits a correspondence between symmetries in a $d$-dimensional theory and topological order in a $(d+1)$-dimensional theory. In this work, we extend this framework to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-30 Qiang Jia , Zhian Jia

The quadratic phase Fourier transform (QPFT) is a generalization of several well-known integral transforms, including the linear canonical transform (LCT), fractional Fourier transform (FrFT), and Fourier transform (FT). This paper…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Sarga Varghese , Gita Rani Mahato , Manab Kundu

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
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