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Non-invertible Global Symmetries in the Standard Model

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arxiv 2205.05086 v2 pith:KQWRQXHV submitted 2022-05-10 hep-th cond-mat.str-elhep-ph

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We identify infinitely many non-invertible generalized global symmetries in QED and QCD for the real world in the massless limit. In QED, while there is no conserved Noether current for the $U(1)_\text{A}$ axial symmetry because of the ABJ anomaly, for every rational angle $2\pi p/N$, we construct a conserved and gauge-invariant topological symmetry operator. Intuitively, it is a composition of the axial rotation and a fractional quantum Hall state coupled to the electromagnetic $U(1)$ gauge field. These conserved symmetry operators do not obey a group multiplication law, but a non-invertible fusion algebra over TQFT coefficients. They act invertibly on all local operators as axial rotations, but non-invertibly on the 't Hooft lines. These non-invertible symmetries lead to selection rules, which are consistent with the scattering amplitudes in QED. We further generalize our construction to QCD, and show that the coupling $\pi^0 F\wedge F$ in the effective pion Lagrangian is necessary to match these non-invertible symmetries in the UV. Therefore, the conventional argument for the neutral pion decay using the ABJ anomaly is now rephrased as a matching condition of a generalized global symmetry.

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