Noninvertible symmetries in the B model TFT
arXiv:2504.02023 · doi:10.1016/j.geomphys.2025.105653
Abstract
In this paper we explore noninvertible symmetries in general (not necessarily rational) SCFTs and their topological B-twists for Calabi-Yau manifolds. We begin with a detailed overview of defects in the topological B model. For trivial reasons, all defects in the topological B model are topological operators, and define (often noninvertible) symmetries of that topological field theory, but only a subset remain topological in the physical (i.e., untwisted) theory. For a general target space Calabi-Yau X, we discuss geometric realizations of those defects, as simultaneously A- and B-twistable complex Lagrangian and complex coisotropic branes on X \times X, and discuss their fusion products. To be clear, the possible noninvertible symmetries in the B model are more general than can be described with fusion categories. That said, we do describe realizations of some Tambara-Yamagami categories in the B model for an elliptic curve target, and also argue that elliptic curves can not admit Fibonacci or Haagerup structures. We also discuss how decomposition is realized in this language.
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