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Seminar
Speaker
Nathan Seiberg (IAS, Princeton)
Date & Time
Mon, 30 October 2023, 18:30 to 20:30
Venue
Online
Resources
Abstract

Based on joint work with Meng Cheng (arXiv:2211.12543), with Shu-Heng Shao (arXiv: 2307.02534), and with Shu-Heng Shao and Sahand Seifnashri (to appear), we will discuss some aspects of global symmetries and their ‘t Hooft anomalies.
We will define a notion of an emanant global symmetry. It is not a symmetry of the UV theory, but unlike emergent (accidental) symmetries, it is not violated by any relevant or irrelevant operators in the IR theory. It is an exact symmetry of the low-energy theory.
We will demonstrate this notion in several well-known examples. We will discuss in detail the Majorana chain, the transverse field Ising model, a continuum system with a chemical potential, and the Heisenberg chain. In all these models, we will find emanant symmetries. In one case, it is a non-invertible emanant symmetry.

Zoom link: https://icts-res-in.zoom.us/j/88092766911?pwd=R3ZrVk9yeW96ZmQ4ZG9KRzVhenRKZz09
Meeting ID: 880 9276 6911
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