Non-invertible Gauss law and axions

Abstract In axion-Maxwell theory at the minimal axion-photon coupling, we find non-invertible 0- and 1-form global symmetries arising from the naive shift and center symmetries. Since the Gauss law is anomalous, there is no conserved, gauge-invariant, and quanti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Choi, Yichul, Lam, Ho T., Shao, Shu-Heng
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152207