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FORTSCHRITTE DER PHYSIK-PROGRESS OF PHYSICS
卷 63, 期 11-12, 页码 659-682出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/prop.201500048
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- NSF [DMS-0705381, PHY-0755614, PHY-1068725, PHY-1417410]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Physics [1417410] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
It was recently argued that quantum field theories possess one-form and higher-form symmetries, labelled 'generalized global symmetries.' In this paper, we describe how those higher-form symmetries can be understood mathematically as special cases of more general 2-groups and higher groups, and discuss examples of quantum field theories admitting actions of more general higher groups than merely one-form and higher-form symmetries. We discuss analogues of topological defects for some of these higher symmetry groups, relating some of them to ordinary topological defects. We also discuss topological defects in cases in which the moduli 'space' (technically, a stack) admits an action of a higher symmetry group. Finally, we outline a proposal for how certain anomalies might potentially be understood as describing a transmutation of an ordinary group symmetry of the classical theory into a 2-group or higher group symmetry of the quantum theory, which we link to WZW models and bosonization.
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