Duality Defects in E₈

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2022)187MaRDI QIDQ6386919arXivFDO

Authors Ivan M. Burbano, Justin Kulp, Jonas Neuser

Publication date 28 December 2021

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2022)187

Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

arXiv classification

cond-mat.str-el hep-th math-ph math.MP

Abstract: We classify all non-invertible Kramers-Wannier duality defects in the

E_{8}

lattice Vertex Operator Algebra (i.e. the chiral

(E_{8})_{1}

WZW model) coming from

m a t h b b Z_{m}

symmetries. We illustrate how these defects are systematically obtainable as

m a t h b b Z_{2}

twists of invariant sub-VOAs, compute defect partition functions for small

m

, and verify our results against other techniques. Throughout, we focus on taking a physical perspective and highlight the important moving pieces involved in the calculations. Kac's theorem for finite automorphisms of Lie algebras and contemporary results on holomorphic VOAs play a role. We also provide a perspective from the point of view of (2+1)d Topological Field Theory and provide a rigorous proof that all corresponding Tambara-Yamagami actions on holomorphic VOAs can be obtained in this manner. We include a list of directions for future studies.

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