Notes on generalized global symmetries in QFT

DOI10.1002/prop.201500048zbMath1338.81269arXiv1508.04770OpenAlexW2106578818MaRDI QIDQ2814264

Eric Sharpe

Publication date: 20 June 2016

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.04770

zbMATH Keywords

topological defectsone-form and higher-form symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Applications of group representations to physics and other areas of science (20C35)

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