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We propose a SymTFT for 4d $U(N)$ Yang-Mills theory and its variants. We show that the SymTFT reproduces the structure of the global one-form symmetry in these theories. We consider the holographic embedding of this SymTFT, and observe that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-27 Oren Bergman , Eduardo Garcia-Valdecasas , Francesco Mignosa , Diego Rodriguez-Gomez

We study quantum field theories which have quantum groups as global internal symmetries. We show that in such theories operators are generically non-local, and should be thought as living at the ends of topological lines. We describe the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-25 Barak Gabai , Victor Gorbenko , Jiaxin Qiao , Bernardo Zan , Aleksandr Zhabin

We extend the symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT) framework to open quantum systems. Using canonical purification, we embed mixed states into a doubled (2+1)-dimensional topological order and employ the slab construction to study…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-07-09 Ran Luo , Yi-Nan Wang , Zhen Bi

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

Non-invertible categorical symmetries have emerged as a powerful tool to uncover new beyond-Landau phases of matter, both gapped and gapless, along with second order phase transitions between them. The general theory of such phases in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-13 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Lea E. Bottini , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Apoorv Tiwari

We propose a new notion of positivity for topological field theories (TFTs), based on S. Eilenberg's concept of completeness for semirings. We show that a complete ground semiring, a system of fields on manifolds and a system of action…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2013-03-19 Markus Banagl

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

We study generalized symmetries of quantum field theories in 1+1D generated by topological defect lines with no inverse. This paper follows our companion paper on gapped phases and anomalies associated with these symmetries. In the present…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-25 Ryan Thorngren , Yifan Wang

We sketch in this article a new theory, which we call Symplectic Field Theory or SFT, which provides an approach to Gromov-Witten invariants of symplectic manifolds and their Lagrangian submanifolds in the spirit of topological field…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yakov Eliashberg , Alexander Givental , Helmut Hofer

We study properties of boundary conditions (BCs) in theories with categorical (or non-invertible) symmetries. We describe how the transformation properties, or (generalized) charges, of BCs are captured by topological BCs of Symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-28 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Christian Copetti , Daniel Pajer , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

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 propose a method for analyzing two-dimensional symmetry protected topological (SPT) wavefunctions using a correspondence with conformal field theories (CFTs) and integrable lattice models. This method generalizes the CFT approach for the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-03-09 Thomas Scaffidi , Zohar Ringel

We give an introduction for the non-expert to TQFT (Topological Quantum Field Theory), focussing especially on its role in algebraic topology. We compare the Atiyah axioms for TQFT with the Eilenberg Steenrod axioms for homology, give a few…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 R. F. Picken , P. A. Semiao

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

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

We utilize the topological holographic framework to characterize and gain insights into the nature of quantum critical points and gapless phases in fermionic quantum systems. Topological holography is a general framework that describes the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-06-19 Sheng-Jie Huang

We study the path integral quantization of the topological 3BF theory, whose gauge symmetry is described by a 3-group. This theory is relevant for the quantization of general relativity coupled to Standard Model of elementary particles. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-03 Tijana Radenkovic , Marko Vojinovic

Recently, the notion of symmetry descent has been introduced in order to obtain the $(d+1)$-dimensional Symmetry TFT (SymTFT) of a $d$-dimensional QFT from the edge mode behaviour of a theory in $(d+2)$-dimensions. This method has so far…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-25 Finn Gagliano , Iñaki García Etxebarria

We derive a framework to apply topological quantum chemistry in systems subject to magnetic flux. We start by deriving the action of spatial symmetry operators in a uniform magnetic field, which extends Zak's magnetic translation groups to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-19 Yuan Fang , Jennifer Cano

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
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