Exotic symmetries and anomalies

by Dr Yunqin Zheng (University of Tokyo)

Friday 3 Mar 2023, 15:00 → 16:00 Asia/Shanghai

B105

In this talk, I will illustrate how the concept of global symmetries can go beyond the ordinary symmetries or higher form symmetries specified by a group, via examples of 4d gauge theories. These exotic symmetries are now known as non-invertible symmetries or fusion category symmetries. The exotic symmetries can also suffer from anomalies, but the anomaly inflow mechanism is still not completely understood so far. I will explain some preliminary attempts to characterize the anomaly inflow using the Symmetry TFTs. 

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Dr. Yunqin Zheng is currently a project researcher (postdoc) in Kavli IPMU and the Institute for Solid State Physics of the University of Tokyo. He obtained his Bachelor degree at University of Science and Technology of China and PhD degree  at Princeton University. He works in both high energy theory and condensed matter theory.

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