Topological axion electrodynamics and 4-group symmetry

We study higher-form symmetries and a higher group in the low energy limit of a (3+1)-dimensional axion electrodynamics with a massive axion and a massive photon. A topological field theory describing topological excitations with the axion-photon coupling, which we call a topological axion electrody...

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Autores principales: Yoshimasa Hidaka, Muneto Nitta, Ryo Yokokura
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e295b00dae114c12bc8a03bb13f768932021-12-04T04:32:38ZTopological axion electrodynamics and 4-group symmetry0370-269310.1016/j.physletb.2021.136762https://doaj.org/article/e295b00dae114c12bc8a03bb13f768932021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269321007024https://doaj.org/toc/0370-2693We study higher-form symmetries and a higher group in the low energy limit of a (3+1)-dimensional axion electrodynamics with a massive axion and a massive photon. A topological field theory describing topological excitations with the axion-photon coupling, which we call a topological axion electrodynamics, is obtained in the low energy limit. Higher-form symmetries of the topological axion electrodynamics are specified by equations of motion and Bianchi identities. We find that there are induced anyons on the intersections of symmetry generators. By a link of worldlines of the anyons, we show that the worldvolume of an axionic domain wall is topologically ordered. We further specify the underlying mathematical structure elegantly describing all salient features of the theory to be a 4-group.Yoshimasa HidakaMuneto NittaRyo YokokuraElsevierarticlePhysicsQC1-999ENPhysics Letters B, Vol 823, Iss , Pp 136762- (2021)
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Yoshimasa Hidaka
Muneto Nitta
Ryo Yokokura
Topological axion electrodynamics and 4-group symmetry
description We study higher-form symmetries and a higher group in the low energy limit of a (3+1)-dimensional axion electrodynamics with a massive axion and a massive photon. A topological field theory describing topological excitations with the axion-photon coupling, which we call a topological axion electrodynamics, is obtained in the low energy limit. Higher-form symmetries of the topological axion electrodynamics are specified by equations of motion and Bianchi identities. We find that there are induced anyons on the intersections of symmetry generators. By a link of worldlines of the anyons, we show that the worldvolume of an axionic domain wall is topologically ordered. We further specify the underlying mathematical structure elegantly describing all salient features of the theory to be a 4-group.
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author Yoshimasa Hidaka
Muneto Nitta
Ryo Yokokura
author_facet Yoshimasa Hidaka
Muneto Nitta
Ryo Yokokura
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title Topological axion electrodynamics and 4-group symmetry
title_short Topological axion electrodynamics and 4-group symmetry
title_full Topological axion electrodynamics and 4-group symmetry
title_fullStr Topological axion electrodynamics and 4-group symmetry
title_full_unstemmed Topological axion electrodynamics and 4-group symmetry
title_sort topological axion electrodynamics and 4-group symmetry
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/e295b00dae114c12bc8a03bb13f76893
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