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$\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}$ symmetry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-03-01 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons Algebraic Topology Geometric Topology Number Theory

Abstract

We summarize basic features of quantum field theories with discrete symmetry Q/Z\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z} (possibly higher form, global or gauged). The classification of representations and anomalies is quite rich and involves the ring of profinite integers. As a main example we consider in detail 3d topological Dijkgraaf-Witten Q/Z\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z} gauge theories. We also briefly discuss relevance for some previously considered physical systems. In particular we comment on a relation to the recently discovered non-invertible symmetry in 4d QED and the problem of categorification of Chern-Simons TQFT.

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@article{arxiv.2208.12071,
  title  = {$\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}$ symmetry},
  author = {Pavel Putrov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.12071},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

29 pages. v2: minor changes in Section 5.1

R2 v1 2026-06-25T01:58:26.700Z