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Non-Supersymmetric AdS from String Theory
Zihni Kaan Baykara, Daniel Robbins, Savdeep Sethi
We construct non-supersymmetric AdS3 solutions of the O(16)xO(16) heterotic string. Most of the backgrounds have a classical worldsheet definition but are quantum string vacua in t…
Decomposition, Trivially-Acting Symmetries, and Topological Operators
Daniel Robbins, Eric Sharpe, Thomas Vandermeulen
Trivially-acting symmetries in two-dimensional conformal field theory include twist fields of dimension zero which are local topological operators. We investigate the consequences…
Decomposition, condensation defects, and fusion
Ling Lin, Daniel G. Robbins, Eric Sharpe
In this paper we outline the application of decomposition to condensation defects and their fusion rules. Briefly, a condensation defect is obtained by gauging a higher-form symmet…
Orbifolds by 2-groups and decomposition
T. Pantev, D. Robbins, E. Sharpe +1
In this paper we study three-dimensional orbifolds by 2-groups with a trivially-acting one-form symmetry group BK. These orbifolds have a global two-form symmetry, and so one expec…
Quantum symmetries in orbifolds and decomposition
D. Robbins, E. Sharpe, T. Vandermeulen
In this paper, we introduce a new set of modular-invariant phase factors for orbifolds with trivially-acting subgroups, analogous to discrete torsion and generalizing quantum symme…
Anomaly resolution via decomposition
D. Robbins, E. Sharpe, T. Vandermeulen
In this paper we apply decomposition to orbifolds with quantum symmetries to resolve anomalies. Briefly, it has been argued by e.g. Wang-Wen-Witten, Tachikawa that an anomalous orb…