Non-Invertible Symmetries from Discrete Gauging and Completeness of the Spectrum

Abstract

We study global 1- and $(d-2)$-form symmetries for gauge theories based on disconnected gauge groups which include charge conjugation. For pure gauge theories, the 1-form symmetries are shown to be non-invertible. In addition, being the gauge groups disconnected, the theories automatically have a ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ global $(d-2)$-form symmetry. We propose String Theory embeddings for gauge theories based on these groups. Remarkably, they all automatically come with twist vortices which break the $(d-2)$-form global symmetry. This is consistent with the conjectured absence of global symmetries in Quantum Gravity.

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