Global 4-group symmetry and 't Hooft anomalies in topological axion electrodynamics

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTAB150MaRDI QIDQ5082518zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yoshimasa Hidaka, Ryo Yokokura, Muneto Nitta

Publication date 16 June 2022

Published in PTEP. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.12564

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25)

Abstract: We study higher-form global symmetries and a higher-group structure of a low-energy limit of $(3+1)$-dimensional axion electrodynamics in a gapped phase described by a topological action. We argue that the higher-form symmetries should have a semi-strict 4-group (3-crossed module) structure by consistency conditions of couplings of the topological action to background gauge fields for the higher-form symmetries. We find possible 't Hooft anomalies for the 4-group global symmetry, and discuss physical consequences.

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