On a class of selection rules without group actions in field theory and string theory

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Autori principali: Kaidi, Justin, Tachikawa, Yuji, Zhang, Hao Y.
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author Kaidi, Justin
Tachikawa, Yuji
Zhang, Hao Y.
author_facet Kaidi, Justin
Tachikawa, Yuji
Zhang, Hao Y.
contents We discuss a class of selection rules which i) do not come from group actions on fields, ii) are exact at tree level in perturbation theory, iii) are increasingly violated as the loop order is raised, and iv) eventually reduce to selection rules associated with an ordinary group symmetry. We start from basic field-theoretical examples in which fields are labeled by conjugacy classes rather than representations of a group, and discuss generalizations using fusion algebras or hypergroups. We also discuss how such selection rules arise naturally in string theory, such as for non-Abelian orbifolds or other cases with non-invertible worldsheet symmetries.
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spellingShingle On a class of selection rules without group actions in field theory and string theory
Kaidi, Justin
Tachikawa, Yuji
Zhang, Hao Y.
High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We discuss a class of selection rules which i) do not come from group actions on fields, ii) are exact at tree level in perturbation theory, iii) are increasingly violated as the loop order is raised, and iv) eventually reduce to selection rules associated with an ordinary group symmetry. We start from basic field-theoretical examples in which fields are labeled by conjugacy classes rather than representations of a group, and discuss generalizations using fusion algebras or hypergroups. We also discuss how such selection rules arise naturally in string theory, such as for non-Abelian orbifolds or other cases with non-invertible worldsheet symmetries.
title On a class of selection rules without group actions in field theory and string theory
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.00105