The SymTFT of $u(N)$ Yang-Mills Theory and Holography

Abstract

We propose a SymTFT for 4d $U(N)$ Yang-Mills theory and its variants. We show that the SymTFT reproduces the structure of the global one-form symmetry in these theories. We consider the holographic embedding of this SymTFT, and observe that SymTFT's containing continuous symmetries are not always obtained as a near boundary limit of the supergravity action.

20 pages, 1 figure; v2: typos corrected and one reference added. Version to appear on JHEP