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2-Group Symmetries and M-Theory

by Michele Del Zotto, Iñaki García Etxebarria, Sakura Schafer-Nameki

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Authors (as Contributors): Iñaki García Etxebarria
Submission information
Preprint link: scipost_202209_00019v1
Date accepted: 2022-09-20
Date submitted: 2022-09-10 17:40
Submitted by: García Etxebarria, Iñaki
Submitted to: SciPost Physics
Ontological classification
Academic field: Physics
Specialties:
  • High-Energy Physics - Theory
  • Mathematical Physics
Approach: Theoretical

Abstract

Quantum Field Theories engineered in M-theory can have 2-group symmetries, mixing 0-form and 1-form symmetry backgrounds in non-trivial ways. In this paper we develop methods for determining the 2-group structure from the boundary geometry of the M-theory background. We illustrate these methods in the case of 5d theories arising from M-theory on ordinary and generalised toric Calabi-Yau cones, including cases in which the resulting theory is non-Lagrangian. Our results confirm and elucidate previous results on 2-groups from geometric engineering.

Published as SciPost Phys. 13, 105 (2022)



Author comments upon resubmission

Thanks for opening the submission again. We are resubmitting with the issues with the references pointed out by one of the referees fixed.

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Resubmission scipost_202209_00019v1 on 10 September 2022
Resubmission 2203.10097v2 on 5 September 2022

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