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Categorical continuous symmetry

  • Qiang Jia
  • , Ran Luo
  • , Jiahua Tian*
  • , Yi Nan Wang
  • , Yi Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • Peking University
  • Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
  • The University of Tokyo

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Abstract

We define the symmetry category in 1+1d for continuous 0-form G-symmetry to be Skyτ (G), the category of skyscraper sheaves of finite dimensional vector spaces with finite support on the group manifold of G, where τ ∈ H4(BG, ℤ) is the anomaly. We propose that the corresponding 2+1d SymTFT is described by the Drinfeld center of Skyτ (G). We show explicitly the way that τ twists the convolution tensor product of the objects of Skyτ (G). As a concrete example, we present the S and T-matrices for the simple anyons of the resulting Z(Skyτ (G)) category for G = U(1), both for the cases without or with anomaly, and discuss the topological boundary conditions as Lagrangian algebra of Z(Skyτ (U (1))). We also present the definition of Skyτ (G) and Z(Skyτ (G)) for the non-abelian case of G = SU(2), as well as the speculated modular data. We point out that in order to have a physically relevant center and Lagrangian algebras, it is necessary to generalize Skyτ (G) to a larger category, which we argue to be closely related to the category of quasi-coherent sheaves on Gℂ with convolution tensor product twisted by τ.

Original languageEnglish
Article number31
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2026
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2026

Keywords

  • Anomalies in Field and String Theories
  • Global Symmetries

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