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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 generalize the idea of symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT) for subsystem symmetry. We propose the 2-foliated BF theory with level $N$ in $(3+1)$d as subsystem SymTFT for subsystem $\mathbb Z_N$ symmetry in $(2+1)$d. Focusing on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-10 Weiguang Cao , Qiang Jia

We study topological defect lines (TDLs) in two-dimensional $\mathbb Z_N$-parafermoinic CFTs. Different from the bosonic case, in the 2d parafermionic CFTs, there exist parafermionic defect operators that can live on the TDLs and satisfy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-06 Jin Chen , Babak Haghighat , Qing-Rui Wang

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

In this paper we discuss gauging noninvertible zero-form symmetries in two dimensions. We specialize to certain gaugeable cases, specifically, fusion categories of the form Rep(H) for H a suitable Hopf algebra (which includes the special…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-02-23 A. Perez-Lona , D. Robbins , E. Sharpe , T. Vandermeulen , X. Yu

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

We study the anomalies of non-invertible symmetries in 1+1D QFTs using gapped boundaries of its SymTFT. We establish the explicit relation between Lagrangian algebras which determine gapped boundaries of the SymTFT, and algebras which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-09 Pavel Putrov , Rajath Radhakrishnan

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 investigate symmetry topological field theories (SymTFTs) of non-abelian and non-invertible symmetries and the different Lagrangian algebras associated with a given Drinfeld center. For several examples we analyze the condensable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-03 Daniel Robbins , Subham Roy

We construct a state-sum type invariant of smooth closed oriented $4$-manifolds out of a $G$-crossed braided spherical fusion category ($G$-BSFC) for $G$ a finite group. The construction can be extended to obtain a $(3+1)$-dimensional…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2019-11-05 Shawn X. Cui

We consider the triality fusion category discovered in the $c = 1$ KT theory \cite{Thorngren:2021yso}. We analyze this fusion category using the tools from the group theoretical fusion category and describe how to compute the simple lines,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-23 Da-Chuan Lu , Zhengdi Sun

We describe the mathematical theory of topological quantum computing with symmetry defects in the language of fusion categories and unitary representations. Symmetry defects together with anyons are modeled by G-crossed braided extensions…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2018-11-07 Colleen Delaney , Zhenghan Wang

Topological defects and operators give a far-reaching generalization of symmetries of quantum fields. An auxiliary topological field theory in one dimension higher than the QFT of interest, known as the SymTFT, provides a natural way for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-15 Federico Bonetti , Michele Del Zotto , Ruben Minasian

We explore a novel interpretation of Symmetry Topological Field Theories (SymTFTs) as theories of gravity, proposing a holographic duality where the bulk SymTFT (with the gauging of a suitable Lagrangian algebra) is dual to the universal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-10 Andrea Antinucci , Francesco Benini , Giovanni Rizi

We uncover an infinite class of novel zero-form non-invertible symmetries in a broad family of four-dimensional models, studied years ago by Gaillard and Zumino (GZ), which includes several extended supergravities as particular subcases.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-05 Fabio Apruzzi , Luca Martucci

We investigate the interplay between (-1)-form symmetries and their quantum-dual (d-1)-form counterparts within the framework of Symmetry Topological Field Theories (SymTFTs). In this framework the phenomenon of decomposition -- a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-31 Ling Lin , Daniel Robbins , Subham Roy

We introduce a framework for internal topological symmetries in quantum field theory, including "noninvertible symmetries" and "categorical symmetries". This leads to a calculus of topological defects which takes full advantage of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-01 Daniel S. Freed , Gregory W. Moore , Constantin Teleman

Quantum field theory has various projective characteristics which are captured by what are called anomalies. This paper explores this idea in the context of fully-extended three-dimensional topological quantum field theories (TQFTs). Given…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2025-07-03 Jackson Van Dyke

We hypothesize a new and more complete set of anomalies of certain quantum field theories (QFTs) and then give an eclectic verification. First, we propose a set of 't Hooft higher anomalies of 4d time-reversal symmetric pure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-10 Zheyan Wan , Juven Wang , Yunqin Zheng

Symmetries and anomalies of a $d$-dimensional quantum field theory are often encoded in a $(d+1)$-dimensional topological action, called symmetry topological field theory (TFT). We derive the symmetry TFT for the 2-form and 1-form…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-30 Fabio Apruzzi