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Non-invertible symmetries in quantum field theory (QFT) generalize the familiar product rule of groups to a more general fusion rule. In many cases, gauged versions of these symmetries can be regarded as dual descriptions of invertible…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-02-02 Jonathan J. Heckman , Jacob McNamara , Miguel Montero , Adar Sharon , Cumrun Vafa , Irene Valenzuela

What comprises a global symmetry of a Quantum Field Theory (QFT) has been vastly expanded in the past 10 years to include not only symmetries acting on higher-dimensional defects, but also most recently symmetries which do not have an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-08 Sakura Schafer-Nameki

Gauging is a powerful operation on symmetries in quantum field theory (QFT), as it connects distinct theories and also reveals hidden structures in a given theory. We initiate a systematic investigation of gauging discrete generalized…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-27 Oleksandr Diatlyk , Conghuan Luo , Yifan Wang , Quinten Weller

Generalized global symmetries, in particular non-invertible and categorical symmetries, have become a focal point in the recent study of quantum field theory (QFT). In this paper, we investigate aspects of symmetry topological field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-04 Sebastian Franco , Xingyang Yu

Generalized symmetries (also known as categorical symmetries) is a newly developing technique for studying quantum field theories. It has given us new insights into the structure of QFT and many new powerful tools that can be applied to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-06-06 T. Daniel Brennan , Sungwoo Hong

We discuss the notion of symmetries in non-local field theories characterized by integro-differential equations of motion, from a geometric perspective. We then focus on Group Field Theory (GFT) models of quantum gravity and provide a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-04-05 Alexander Kegeles , Daniele Oriti

Dynamical quantum field theories (QFTs), such as those in which spacetimes are equipped with a metric and/or a field in the form of a smooth map to a target manifold, can be formulated axiomatically using the language of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-16 Ben Gripaios , Oscar Randal-Williams , Joseph Tooby-Smith

Symmetry is a powerful tool for studying dynamics in QFT: it provides selection rules, constrains RG flows, and often simplifies analysis. Currently, our understanding is that the most general form of symmetry is described by categorical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-06 T. Daniel Brennan , Zhengdi Sun

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

Consider a d-dimensional quantum field theory (QFT) $\mathfrak{T}$, with a generalized symmetry $\mathcal{S}$, which may or may not be invertible. We study the action of $\mathcal{S}$ on generalized or $q$-charges, i.e. $q$-dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-15 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

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

These are a set of lecture notes on generalized global symmetries in quantum field theory. The focus is on invertible symmetries with a few comments regarding non-invertible symmetries. The main topics covered are the basics of higher-form…

Symmetries play an essential role in the construction and phenomenology of quantum field theories (QFTs). We discuss how to construct symmetries of QFTs by extending minimal "seed" symmetry groups to larger groups that contain the seed(s)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-20 Christian Döring , Andreas Trautner

Non-invertible symmetries have by now seen numerous constructions in higher dimensional Quantum Field Theories (QFT). In this paper we provide an in depth study of gauging 0-form symmetries in the presence of non-invertible symmetries. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-11 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Lea E. Bottini , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Apoorv Tiwari

In physics, two systems that radically differ at short scales can exhibit strikingly similar macroscopic behaviour: they are part of the same long-distance universality class. Here we apply this viewpoint to geometry and initiate a program…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-22 Adam R. Brown , Michael H. Freedman , Henry W. Lin , Leonard Susskind

We review a notion of completeness in QFT arising from the analysis of basic properties of the set of operator algebras attached to regions. In words, this completeness asserts that the physical observable algebras produced by local degrees…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-01-05 Horacio Casini , Javier M. Magan

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

Non-invertible symmetries of quantum field theories and many-body systems generalize the concept of symmetries by allowing non-invertible operations in addition to more ordinary invertible ones described by groups. The aim of this paper is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-08 Masaki Okada , Yuji Tachikawa

Spacetime inversion symmetries such as parity and time reversal play a central role in physics, but they are usually treated as global symmetries. In quantum gravity there are no global symmetries, so any spacetime inversion symmetries must…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-25 Daniel Harlow , Tokiro Numasawa

We study conformal field theories (CFTs) and their classifications from a modern perspective based on the abstract algebraic formalism of symmetries or conserved charges, known as symmetry topological field theories (SymTFTs). By studying…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-10 Yoshiki Fukusumi , Taishi Kawamoto
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