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Lieb-Schultz-Mattis anomalies as obstructions to gauging (non-on-site) symmetries

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We study ’t Hooft anomalies of global symmetries in 1+1d lattice Hamiltonian systems. We consider anomalies in internal and lattice translation symmetries. We derive a microscopic formula for the “anomaly cocycle” using topological defects implementing twisted boundary conditions. The anomaly takes value in the cohomology group H^3(G,U(1)) × H^2(G,U(1)) H 3 ( G , U ( 1 ) ) × H 2 ( G , U ( 1 ) ) . The first factor captures the anomaly in the internal symmetry group G, and the second factor corresponds to a generalized Lieb-Schultz-Mattis anomaly involving G and lattice translation. We present a systematic procedure to gauge internal symmetries (that may not act on-site) on the lattice. We show that the anomaly cocycle is the obstruction to gauging the internal symmetry while preserving the lattice translation symmetry. As an application, we construct anomaly-free chiral lattice gauge theories. We demonstrate a one-to-one correspondence between (locality-preserving) symmetry operators and topological defects, which is essential for the results we prove. We also discuss the generalization to fermionic theories. Finally, we construct non-invertible lattice translation symmetries by gauging internal symmetries with a Lieb-Schultz-Mattis anomaly.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0009988
OSTI ID:
2335823
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2580246
Journal Information:
SciPost Physics, Journal Name: SciPost Physics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 16; ISSN 2542-4653
Publisher:
Stichting SciPostCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English

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