Discrete gauge anomalies revisited
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We revisit discrete gauge anomalies in chiral fermion theories in $3+1$ dimensions. We focus on the case that the full symmetry group of fermions is $\mathrm{Spin}(4)\times\mathbb{Z}_n$ or $(\mathrm{Spin}(4)\times\mathbb{Z}_{2m})/\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ with $\mathbb{Z}_2$ being the diagonal $\mathbb{Z}_2$ subgroup. The anomalies are determined by the consistency condition --- based on the Dai-Freed theorem --- of formulating a chiral fermion theory on a generic spacetime manifold with a structure associated with either one of the above symmetry groups and are represented by elements of some finite abelian groups. Accordingly, we give a reformulation of the anomaly cancellation conditions, and compare them with the previous result by Ib\'{a}\~{n}ez and Ross. The role of symmetry extensions in discrete symmetry anomalies is clarified in a formal fashion. We also study gapped states of fermion with an anomalous global $\mathbb{Z}_n$ symmetry, and present a model for constructing these states in the framework of weak coupling.
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