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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 self-duality defects under discrete gauging in a categorical symmetry $\mathcal{C}$ can be classified by inequivalent ways of enriching the bulk SymTFT of $\mathcal{C}$ with $\mathbb{Z}_2$ 0-form symmetry. The resulting Symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-15 Da-Chuan Lu , Zhengdi Sun , Zipei Zhang

The $(D+1)$-dimensional symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT$_{D+1}$) of a $D$-dimensional absolute quantum field theory (QFT$_D$) provides a topological characterization of symmetry data. In this framework, the SymTFT comes equipped…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-22 Oren Bergman , Jonathan J. Heckman , Max Hübner , Daniele Migliorati , Xingyang Yu , Hao Y. Zhang

Symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT) is a convenient tool for studying finite generalized symmetries of a given quantum field theory (QFT). In particular, SymTFTs encode all the symmetry structures and properties, including anomalies.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-24 Fabio Apruzzi , Francesco Bedogna , Nicola Dondi

We derive the Symmetry Topological Field Theories (SymTFTs) for 3d supersymmetric quantum field theories (QFTs) constructed in M-theory either via geometric engineering or holography. These 4d SymTFTs encode the symmetry structures of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-22 Marieke van Beest , Dewi S. W. Gould , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Yi-Nan 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 study $\mathbb{Z}_N$ one-form center symmetries in four-dimensional gauge theories using the symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT). In this context, the associated TFT in the five-dimensional bulk is the BF model. We revisit its…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-27 Zhihao Duan , Qiang Jia , Sungjay Lee

Three-dimensional Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory has the peculiar property that its one-form symmetry defects have non-trivial braiding, namely they are charged under the same symmetry they generate, which is then anomalous. This poses a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-07 Riccardo Argurio , Francesco Benini , Matteo Bertolini , Giovanni Galati , Pierluigi Niro

In this paper we use the AdS/CFT correspondence to refine and then establish a set of old conjectures about symmetries in quantum gravity. We first show that any global symmetry, discrete or continuous, in a bulk quantum gravity theory with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-07 Daniel Harlow , Hirosi Ooguri

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 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

Duality symmetries have been extensively investigated in various contexts, playing a crucial role in understanding quantum field theory and condensed matter theory. In this paper, we extend this framework by studying $N$-ality symmetries,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-15 Jun Maeda , Tsubasa Oishi

Given two otherwise decoupled $D$-dimensional CFTs which possess a common (finite) symmetry subcategory, one can consider entangled boundary states of their $(D+1)$-dimensional SymTFTs. This roughly corresponds to performing a gauging of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-12 Ethan Torres , Xingyang Yu

Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT) is a framework to capture universal features of quantum many-body systems by viewing them as a boundary of topological order in one higher dimension. This has yielded numerous insights in static…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-03-04 Vedant Motamarri , Campbell McLauchlan , Benjamin Béri

We study gauge symmetry in F-theory in light of global aspects. For this, we consider not only a simple (local) group, but also a semi-simple group with Abelian factors. Once we specify the complete gauge group by decomposing the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-23 Kang-Sin Choi

Given any symmetry acting on a $d$-dimensional quantum field theory, there is an associated $(d+1)$-dimensional topological field theory known as the Symmetry TFT (SymTFT). The SymTFT is useful for decoupling the universal quantities of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-24 Justin Kaidi , Kantaro Ohmori , Yunqin Zheng

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 propose the Symmetry TFT for theories with a $U(1)$ symmetry in arbitrary dimension. The Symmetry TFT describes the structure of the symmetry, its anomalies, and the possible topological manipulations. It is constructed as a BF theory of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-03 Andrea Antinucci , Francesco Benini

We study anomalies of non-invertible duality symmetries in both 2d and 4d, employing the tool of the Symmetry TFT. In the 2d case we rephrase the known obstruction theory for the Tambara-Yamagami fusion category in a way easily…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-24 Andrea Antinucci , Francesco Benini , Christian Copetti , Giovanni Galati , Giovanni Rizi

We discuss a variety of codimension-one, non-invertible topological defects in general 3+1d QFTs with a discrete one-form global symmetry. These include condensation defects from higher gauging of the one-form symmetries on a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-07 Yichul Choi , Clay Cordova , Po-Shen Hsin , Ho Tat Lam , Shu-Heng Shao
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