3 papers
hep-th2025
Symmetry Operators and Gravity
Ibrahima Bah, Patrick Jefferson, Konstantinos Roumpedakis +1
We argue that topological operators for continuous symmetries written in terms of currents need regularization, which effectively gives them a small but finite width. The regulated…
hep-th2025
On the Physics of Higher Condensation Defects
Ibrahima Bah, Enoch Leung, Thomas Waddleton
We study the structure of topological defects for finite Abelian symmetries in quantum field theories, and argue on physical grounds that they satisfy the definition of a higher fu…
hep-th2025
-Symmetry Topological Operators from Branes in Holography
Thomas Waddleton
We study symmetry generators from wrapped branes in Type IIB string theory and M-theory. Specifically, we construct topological defects for the -symmetry in 4d $\mathcal{…