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Subsystem symmetry defects

ORAL

Abstract

Subsystem symmetries, whose generators only act on rigid lower-dimensional subregions of space, impose highly nontrivial constraints on physical systems like restricted mobility of their symmetry charges. We investigate the properties of defects of subsystem symmetries, focusing particularly on the interplay of translation symmetry and subsystem symmetry. We also discuss connections between subsystem symmetries and higher-form global symmetries.

Presenters

  • Danny S Bulmash

    University of Colorado Boulder

Authors

  • Danny S Bulmash

    University of Colorado Boulder

  • Leo Radzihovsky

    University of Colorado, Boulder