When Symmetries Twist: Anomaly Inflow on Monodromy Defects
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| author | Copetti, Christian |
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| contents | Monodromy defects describe a dynamical termination of topological symmetry operators, and are sourced by a localized background magnetic flux. We study their properties in gapped SPT phases and, by inflow, in gapless theories with an anomalous symmetry. The background flux acts as a source for the anomaly, impacting the definition of the monodromy defect, which can only be defined as a domain wall between the symmetry generator and a topological order induced by the anomaly. The topological dressing has several consequences, such as the presence of protected chiral edge modes on the defect's worldvolume, and the adiabatic pumping of gapless degrees of freedom bound to the localized flux. We verify our predictions in several examples, focusing on monodromy defects for anomalous chiral symmetries, both in the continuum and on the lattice. |
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| spellingShingle | When Symmetries Twist: Anomaly Inflow on Monodromy Defects Copetti, Christian High Energy Physics - Theory Strongly Correlated Electrons Monodromy defects describe a dynamical termination of topological symmetry operators, and are sourced by a localized background magnetic flux. We study their properties in gapped SPT phases and, by inflow, in gapless theories with an anomalous symmetry. The background flux acts as a source for the anomaly, impacting the definition of the monodromy defect, which can only be defined as a domain wall between the symmetry generator and a topological order induced by the anomaly. The topological dressing has several consequences, such as the presence of protected chiral edge modes on the defect's worldvolume, and the adiabatic pumping of gapless degrees of freedom bound to the localized flux. We verify our predictions in several examples, focusing on monodromy defects for anomalous chiral symmetries, both in the continuum and on the lattice. |
| title | When Symmetries Twist: Anomaly Inflow on Monodromy Defects |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16482 |