Quantum symmetries in orbifolds and decomposition

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2022-02-14

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Springer

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In this paper, we introduce a new set of modular-invariant phase factors for orbifolds with trivially-acting subgroups, analogous to discrete torsion and generalizing quantum symmetries. After describing their basic properties, we generalize decomposition to include orbifolds with these new phase factors, making a precise proposal for how such orbifolds are equivalent to disjoint unions of other orbifolds without trivially-acting subgroups or one-form symmetries, which we check in numerous examples.

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Conformal Field Theory, Gauge Symmetry, Anomalies in Field and String Theories

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