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High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-22 Qiang Jia , Ran Luo , Jiahua Tian , Yi-Nan Wang , Yi Zhang

We review recent developments in duality symmetric string theory. We begin with the world sheet doubled formalism which describes strings in an extended space time with extra coordinates conjugate to winding modes. This formalism is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-10 David S. Berman , Daniel C. Thompson

Defects are a useful tool in the study of quantum field theories. This is illustrated in the example of two-dimensional conformal field theories. We describe how defect lines and their junction points appear in the description of symmetries…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Jürg Fröhlich , Jürgen Fuchs , Ingo Runkel , Christoph Schweigert

The Tambara-Yamagami (TY) fusion category symmetry $\text{TY}(\mathbb{A},\chi,\epsilon)$ describes the enhanced non-invertible self-duality symmetry of a $2$-dim QFT under gauging a finite Abelian group $\mathbb{A}$. We generalize the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-28 Da-Chuan Lu , Zhengdi Sun , Zipei Zhang

The algebraic approach to quantum field theory focuses on the properties of local algebras, whereas the study of (possibly non-invertible) global symmetries emphasizes global aspects of the theory and spacetime. We study connections between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-23 Shu-Heng Shao , Jonathan Sorce , Manu Srivastava

We study various cases of dualities between $\cal{N}$$=1$ 5d supersymmetric gauge theories. We motivate the dualities using brane webs, and provide evidence for them by comparing the superconformal index. In many cases we find that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Gabi Zafrir

We study new Seiberg-like dualities for 1d $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric gauge theories -- that is, supersymmetric gauged quantum mechanics -- with unitary gauge group and (anti)fundamental matter in chiral and fermi multiplets, and with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-03 Cyril Closset , James Wynne

The map of half-BPS line defects under mirror symmetry has previously been worked out for 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ linear quivers with unitary gauge groups, where these defects have a clear realization in terms of a brane picture in Type IIB…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-10-12 Anindya Dey

We describe a class of diffeomorphism invariant SU(N) gauge theories in N^2 dimensions, together with some matter couplings. These theories have (N^2-3)(N^2-1) local degrees of freedom, and have the unusual feature that the constraint…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Viqar Husain

S-duality domain walls are extended objects in supersymmetric gauge theories with several rich physical properties. This paper focuses on 3d N=2 gauge theories associated with S-duality walls in the 4d N=2 SU(N) gauge theory with 2N…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 Ivan Garozzo , Noppadol Mekareeya , Matteo Sacchi

Duality in supersymmetric SU(N) gauge theory with a symmetric tensor is studied using the technique of deconfining and Seiberg's duality. By construction the gauge group of the dual theory necessarily becomes a product group. In order to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Tadakatsu Sakai

We consider the 4d superconformal index for ${\cal N}=2$ gauge theories on $S^1 \times L(r,1)$, where $L(r,1)$ is a Lens space. We focus on a one-parameter slice of the three-dimensional fugacity space and in that sector we show S-duality.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Luis F. Alday , Mathew Bullimore , Martin Fluder

We present practical and formal methods for gauging non-invertible symmetries in (2+1)d topological quantum field theories. Along the way, we generalize various aspects of invertible 0-form gauging, including symmetry fractionalization,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-03 Mahesh K. N. Balasubramanian , Matthew Buican , Clement Delcamp , Rajath Radhakrishnan

Recent advancements in generalized symmetries have drawn significant attention to gapped phases of matter exhibiting novel symmetries, such as noninvertible symmetries. By leveraging the duality transformations, the classification and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-16 Weiguang Cao , Masahito Yamazaki , Linhao Li

Making use of the exact solutions of the $N=2$ supersymmetric gauge theories we construct new classes of superconformal field theories (SCFTs) by fine-tuning the moduli parameters and bringing the theories to critical points. SCFTs we have…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-05 Tohru Eguchi , Kentaro Hori , Katsushi Ito , Sung-Kil Yang

In this paper we analyze various half-BPS defects in a general three dimensional N=2 supersymmetric gauge theory T. They correspond to closed paths in SUSY parameter space and their tension is computed by evaluating period integrals along…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Abhijit Gadde , Sergei Gukov , Pavel Putrov

2-group symmetries are generalized symmetries that arise when 1-form and 0-form symmetries mix with each other. We uncover the existence of a class of 2-group symmetries in general 4d N=2 theories of Class S that can be constructed by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-11 Lakshya Bhardwaj

Anomalies of global symmetries are important tools for understanding the dynamics of quantum systems. We investigate anomalies of non-invertible symmetries in 3+1d using 4+1d bulk topological quantum field theories given by Abelian two-form…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-13 Clay Cordova , Po-Shen Hsin , Carolyn Zhang

In conformal field theories (CFTs) of dimension $d>3$, two-dimensional (2d) conformal defects are characterised in part by central charges defined via the defect's contribution to the trace anomaly. However, in general for interacting CFTs…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-24 Adam Chalabi , Andy O'Bannon , Brandon Robinson , Jacopo Sisti

We propose an explicit description of duality walls which encode at low energy the global symmetry enhancement expected in the UV completion of certain five-dimensional gauge theories. The proposal is supported by explicit localization…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Davide Gaiotto , Hee-Cheol Kim