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Bootstrapping Non-Invertible Symmetries

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-07-12 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Using the numerical modular bootstrap, we constrain the space of 1+1d CFTs with a finite non-invertible global symmetry described by a fusion category C\mathcal{C}. We derive universal and rigorous upper bounds on the lightest C\mathcal{C}-preserving scalar local operator for fusion categories such as the Ising and Fibonacci categories. These numerical bounds constrain the possible robust gapless phases protected by a non-invertible global symmetry, which commonly arise from microscopic lattice models such as the anyonic chains. We also derive bounds on the lightest C\mathcal{C}-violating local operator. Our bootstrap equations naturally arise from a "slab construction", where the CFT is coupled to the 2+1d Turaev-Viro TQFT, also known as the Symmetry TFT.

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@article{arxiv.2302.13900,
  title  = {Bootstrapping Non-Invertible Symmetries},
  author = {Ying-Hsuan Lin and Shu-Heng Shao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.13900},
  year   = {2023}
}

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28 pages + references

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