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We explore the connection between the global symmetry quantum numbers of line defects and 't Hooft anomalies. Relative to local (point) operators, line defects may transform projectively under both internal and spacetime symmetries. This…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-01 T. Daniel Brennan , Clay Cordova , Thomas T. Dumitrescu

We investigate the interactions of discrete zero-form and one-form global symmetries in (1+1)d theories. Focus is put on the interactions that the symmetries can have on each other, which in this low dimension result in 2-group symmetries…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-01 Matthew Yu

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

In this paper we discuss the relationship between noninvertible topological operators, one-form symmetries, and decomposition of two-dimensional quantum field theories, focusing on two-dimensional orbifolds with and without discrete…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-16 E. Sharpe

The fractionalization of global symmetry charges is a striking hallmark of topological quantum order. Here, we discuss the fractionalization of subsystem symmetries in two-dimensional topological phases. In line with previous no-go…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-08-09 David T. Stephen , Arpit Dua , José Garre-Rubio , Dominic J. Williamson , Michael Hermele

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 investigate (-1)-form symmetries using the framework of symmetry topological field theories. Previous studies of (-1)-form symmetries have primarily focused on SymTFTs with topological point operators. Here we examine SymTFTs devoid of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-03 Daniel Robbins , Subham Roy

Trivially-acting symmetries in two-dimensional conformal field theory include twist fields of dimension zero which are local topological operators. We investigate the consequences of regarding these operators as part of the global symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-30 Daniel Robbins , Eric Sharpe , 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 explore the consequence of generalized symmetries in four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theories. First, we classify all possible supersymmetric gauge theories with a simple gauge group that have a nontrivial one-form…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-07 Monica Jinwoo Kang , Craig Lawrie , Ki-Hong Lee , Jaewon Song

We provide a superselection theory of symmetry defects in 2+1D symmetry enriched topological (SET) order in the infinite volume setting. For a finite symmetry group $G$ with a unitary on-site action, our formalism produces a $G$-crossed…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-03-26 Kyle Kawagoe , Siddharth Vadnerkar , Daniel Wallick

Topological order in two dimensions can be described in terms of deconfined quasiparticle excitations - anyons - and their braiding statistics. However, it has recently been realized that this data does not completely describe the situation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-04-08 Nicolas Tarantino , Netanel H. Lindner , Lukasz Fidkowski

We propose that the symmetry category associated to a 2D quantum field theory with 0-form $G$-symmetry with 't Hooft anomaly $k\in H^4(BG,\mathbb{Z})$ for a large class of Lie groups $G$ is the category of twisted measurable fields of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-29 Qiang Jia , Ran Luo , Jiahua Tian , Yi-Nan Wang , Yi Zhang

We investigate fractionalization of non-invertible symmetry in (2+1)D topological orders. We focus on coset non-invertible symmetries obtained by gauging non-normal subgroups of invertible $0$-form symmetries. These symmetries can arise as…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-09 Po-Shen Hsin , Ryohei Kobayashi , Carolyn Zhang

We consider Maxwell theory on a non-spin manifold. Depending on the choice of statistics for line operators, there are three non-anomalous theories and one anomalous theory with different symmetry fractionalizations. We establish the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-05 Naoto Kan , Kohki Kawabata , Hiroki Wada

We consider topological defect lines (TDLs) in two-dimensional conformal field theories. Generalizing and encompassing both global symmetries and Verlinde lines, TDLs together with their attached defect operators provide models of fusion…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-30 Chi-Ming Chang , Ying-Hsuan Lin , Shu-Heng Shao , Yifan Wang , Xi Yin

We study the problem of finding exactly marginal deformations of N=1 superconformal field theories in four dimensions. We find that the only way a marginal chiral operator can become not exactly marginal is for it to combine with a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 Daniel Green , Zohar Komargodski , Nathan Seiberg , Yuji Tachikawa , Brian Wecht

We study Ward identities and selection rules for local correlators in disordered theories where a 0-form global symmetry of a QFT is explicitly broken by a random coupling $h$ but it re-emerges after quenched average. We consider $h$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-31 Andrea Antinucci , Giovanni Galati , Giovanni Rizi , Marco Serone

We characterize discrete (anti-)unitary symmetries and their non-invertible generalizations in $2+1$d topological quantum field theories (TQFTs) through their actions on line operators and fusion spaces. We explain all possible sources of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-28 Matthew Buican , Rajath Radhakrishnan

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
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