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most citedField theory representation of gauge-gravity symmetry-protected topological invariants, group cohomology and beyond

177 citations · 2.4k across the 48 of their papers we have counts for

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49 papers

hep-th2021★ 4 cited

C-P-T Fractionalization

Juven Wang

Discrete spacetime symmetries of parity P or reflection R, and time-reversal T, act naively as -involutions in the passive transformation on the spacetime coordinates…

hep-th2021★ 18 cited

Gauge Enhanced Quantum Criticality Beyond the Standard Model

Juven Wang, Yi-Zhuang You

Standard lore views our 4d quantum vacuum governed by one of the candidate Standard Models (SMs), while lifting towards some Grand Unification-like structure (GUT) at higher energy…

hep-th2020★ 21 cited

Ultra Unification

Juven Wang

Strong, electromagnetic, and weak forces were unified in the Standard Model (SM) with spontaneous gauge symmetry breaking. These forces were further conjectured to be unified in a…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 19 cited

Unwinding Fermionic SPT Phases: Supersymmetry Extension

Abhishodh Prakash, Juven Wang

We show how 1+1-dimensional fermionic symmetry-protected topological states (SPTs, i.e. nontrivial short-range entangled gapped phases of quantum matter whose boundary exhibits 't…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 12 cited

Boundary supersymmetry of 1+1 d fermionic SPT phases

Abhishodh Prakash, Juven Wang

We prove that the boundaries of all non-trivial 1+1 dimensional intrinsically fermionic symmetry-protected-topological phases, protected by finite on-site symmetries (unitary or an…

hep-th2020★ 9 cited

Anomaly and Cobordism Constraints Beyond Grand Unification: Energy Hierarchy

Juven Wang

A recent work [2006.16996] suggests that a 4d nonperturbative global anomaly of mod 16 class hinting a possible new hidden gapped topological sector beyond the Standard Model (SM)…

hep-th2020★ 21 cited

Anomaly and Cobordism Constraints Beyond the Standard Model: Topological Force

Juven Wang

Standard lore uses local anomalies to check the kinematic consistency of gauge theories coupled to chiral fermions, e.g. Standard Models (SM). Based on a systematic cobordism class…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 17 cited

An Effective Field Theory for Fractional Quantum Hall Systems near

Po-Shen Hsin, Ying-Hsuan Lin, Natalie M. Paquette +1

We propose an effective field theory (EFT) of fractional quantum Hall systems near the filling fraction that flows to pertinent IR candidate phases, including non-abelian P…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 15 cited

Non-Liquid Cellular States

Juven Wang

The existence of quantum non-liquid states and fracton orders, both gapped and gapless states, challenges our understanding of phases of entangled matter. We generalize the cellula…

hep-th2019★ 31 cited

Higher Anomalies, Higher Symmetries, and Cobordisms III: QCD Matter Phases Anew

Zheyan Wan, Juven Wang

We explore QCD quark matter, the -T (chemical potential-temperature) phase diagram, possible 't Hooft anomalies, and topological terms, via non-perturbative tools of cobordi…

hep-th2019★ 30 cited

Higher Anomalies, Higher Symmetries, and Cobordisms II: Lorentz Symmetry Extension and Enriched Bosonic/Fermionic Quantum Gauge Theory

Zheyan Wan, Juven Wang, Yunqin Zheng

We systematically study Lorentz symmetry extensions in quantum field theories (QFTs) and their 't Hooft anomalies via cobordism. The total symmetry can be expressed in terms o…

cond-mat.str-el2019★ 18 cited

Non-Abelian Gauged Fracton Matter Field Theory: New Sigma Models, Superfluids and Vortices

Juven Wang, Shing-Tung Yau

By gauging a higher-moment polynomial degree global symmetry and a discrete charge conjugation (i.e., particle-hole) symmetry coupled to matter fields (two symmetries mutually non-…

cond-mat.str-el2019★ 18 cited

Gauge Enhanced Quantum Criticality and Time Reversal Domain Wall: SU(2) Yang-Mills Dynamics with Topological Terms

Juven Wang, Yi-Zhuang You, Yunqin Zheng

We explore the low energy dynamics of the four siblings of Lorentz symmetry enriched SU(2) Yang-Mills theory with a theta term at in d. Due to a mixed anomaly between…

hep-th2019★ 25 cited

Higher-Rank Tensor Non-Abelian Field Theory: Higher-Moment or Subdimensional Polynomial Global Symmetry, Algebraic Variety, Noether's Theorem, and Gauging

Juven Wang, Kai Xu, Shing-Tung Yau

With a view toward a fracton theory in condensed matter, we introduce a higher-moment polynomial degree-p global symmetry, acting on complex scalar/vector/tensor fields (e.g., ordi…

hep-th2019★ 67 cited

Beyond Standard Models and Grand Unifications: Anomalies, Topological Terms, and Dynamical Constraints via Cobordisms

Zheyan Wan, Juven Wang

We classify and characterize all invertible anomalies and all allowed topological terms related to various Standard Models (SM), Grand Unified Theories (GUT), and Beyond Standard M…

cond-mat.str-el2019★ 50 cited

Strong planar subsystem symmetry-protected topological phases and their dual fracton orders

Trithep Devakul, Wilbur Shirley, Juven Wang

We classify subsystem symmetry-protected topological (SSPT) phases in D protected by planar subsystem symmetries, which are dual to abelian fracton topological orders. We dist…

hep-th2019★ 16 cited

Higher-Rank Tensor Field Theory of Non-Abelian Fracton and Embeddon

Juven Wang, Kai Xu

We formulate a new class of tensor gauge field theories in any dimension that is a hybrid class between symmetric higher-rank tensor gauge theory (i.e., higher-spin gauge theory) a…

hep-th2019★ 56 cited

Quantum 4d Yang-Mills Theory and Time-Reversal Symmetric 5d Higher-Gauge Topological Field Theory

Zheyan Wan, Juven Wang, Yunqin Zheng

We explore 4d Yang-Mills gauge theories (YM) living as boundary conditions of 5d gapped short/long-range entangled (SRE/LRE) topological states. Specifically, we explore 4d time-re…

quant-ph2019★ 18 cited

Quantum Statistics and Spacetime Topology: Quantum Surgery Formulas

Juven Wang, Xiao-Gang Wen, Shing-Tung Yau

To formulate the universal constraints of quantum statistics data of generic long-range entangled quantum systems, we introduce the geometric-topology surgery theory on spacetime m…

hep-th2018★ 75 cited

Fermionic Finite-Group Gauge Theories and Interacting Symmetric/Crystalline Orders via Cobordisms

Meng Guo, Kantaro Ohmori, Pavel Putrov +2

We formulate a family of spin Topological Quantum Filed Theories (spin-TQFTs) as fermionic generalization of bosonic Dijkgraaf-Witten TQFTs. They are obtained by gauging -equiva…

hep-th2018★ 39 cited

New Higher Anomalies, SU(N) Yang-Mills Gauge Theory and Sigma Model

Zheyan Wan, Juven Wang, Yunqin Zheng

We hypothesize a new and more complete set of anomalies of certain quantum field theories (QFTs) and then give an eclectic verification. First, we propose a set of 't Hooft higher…

hep-th2018★ 87 cited

Higher Anomalies, Higher Symmetries, and Cobordisms I: Classification of Higher-Symmetry-Protected Topological States and Their Boundary Fermionic/Bosonic Anomalies via a Generalized Cobordism Theory

Zheyan Wan, Juven Wang

By developing a generalized cobordism theory, we explore the higher global symmetries and higher anomalies of quantum field theories and interacting fermionic/bosonic systems in co…

hep-th2018★ 84 cited

Adjoint QCD, Deconfined Critical Phenomena, Symmetry-Enriched Topological Quantum Field Theory, and Higher Symmetry-Extension

Zheyan Wan, Juven Wang

Recent work explores the candidate phases of the 4d adjoint quantum chromodynamics (QCD) with an SU(2) gauge group and two massless adjoint Weyl fermions. Both Cordova-Dumitres…

hep-th2018★ 91 cited

A New SU(2) Anomaly

Juven Wang, Xiao-Gang Wen, Edward Witten

A familiar anomaly affects SU(2) gauge theory in four dimensions: a theory with an odd number of fermion multiplets in the spin 1/2 representation of the gauge group, and more gene…