Higher anomalies, higher symmetries, and cobordisms. I: Classification of higher-symmetry-protected opological states and their boundary fermionic/bosonic anomalies via a generalized cobordism theory

DOI10.4310/AMSA.2019.V4.N2.A2zbMATH Open1427.18009arXiv1812.11967OpenAlexW3114467465MaRDI QIDQ2008380FDOQ2008380

Authors: Zheyan Wan, Juven Wang 

Publication date: 25 November 2019

Published in: Annals of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: By developing a generalized cobordism theory, we explore the higher global symmetries and higher anomalies of quantum field theories and interacting fermionic/bosonic systems in condensed matter. Our essential math input is a generalization of Thom-Madsen-Tillmann spectra, Adams spectral sequence, and Freed-Hopkins's theorem, to incorporate higher-groups and higher classifying spaces. We provide many examples of bordism groups with a generic $H$-structure manifold with a higher-group $mathbbG$, and their bordism invariants --- e.g. perturbative anomalies of chiral fermions [originated from Adler-Bell-Jackiw] or bosons with U(1) symmetry in any even spacetime dimensions; non-perturbative global anomalies such as Witten anomaly and the new SU(2) anomaly in 4d and 5d. Suitable $H$ such as SO/Spin/O/Pin${}^{p}m$ enables the study of quantum vacua of general bosonic or fermionic systems with time-reversal or reflection symmetry on (un)orientable spacetime. Higher 't Hooft anomalies of $d$d live on the boundary of $(d+1)$d higher-Symmetry-Protected Topological states (SPTs) or symmetric invertible topological orders (i.e., invertible topological quantum field theories at low energy); thus our cobordism theory also classifies and characterizes higher-SPTs. Examples of higher-SPT's anomalous boundary theories include strongly coupled non-Abelian Yang-Mills gauge theories and sigma models, complementary to physics obtained in [arXiv:1810.00844, 1812.11955, 1812.11968, 1904.00994].

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.11967

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zbMATH Keywords

gauge theoryquantum field theoryspectral sequencescohomology theorycobordism theoryquantum anomaly't Hooft anomalyinvertible topological ordersinvertible topological quantum field theorysymmetry protected topological statestopological insulators/superconductors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Bordism and cobordism theories and formal group laws in algebraic topology (55N22) Spectral sequences, hypercohomology (18G40)

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