On 2-group global symmetries and their anomalies

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2019)118zbMath1414.81223arXiv1803.09336OpenAlexW3106410127WikidataQ128149941 ScholiaQ128149941MaRDI QIDQ2421124

Clay Córdova, Po-Shen Hsin, Francesco Benini

Publication date: 8 June 2019

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.09336

zbMATH Keywords

topological field theoriesanomalies in field and string theoriesChern-Simons theoriesglobal symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28)

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