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High Energy Physics - Theory
Title: Understanding Fermionic Generalized Symmetries
(Submitted on 18 Apr 2024 (v1), last revised 24 Apr 2024 (this version, v2))
Abstract: We explore new aspects of internal fermionic shifting symmetries, present in physical systems such as free Dirac spinors and p-form tensor-spinor fields. We propose a novel procedure to gauge these global symmetries, which also introduces a new St\"uckelberg mechanism to give a mass to free fermionic fields. Furthermore, we find new magnetic fermionic symmetries in these physical systems whose charged objects are disorder operators. For the case of a Dirac spinor, we discuss an dual description, where the magnetic symmetry acts on the holonomies of a dual 2-form tensor-spinor. Further generalizations such as higher-group-like structures are also discussed.
Submission history
From: Federico Ambrosino [view email][v1] Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:26:07 GMT (21kb,D)
[v2] Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:16:04 GMT (21kb,D)
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