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Defect Conformal Manifolds from Phantom (Non-Invertible) Symmetries

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arxiv 2505.09668 v1 pith:N7247J5S submitted 2025-05-14 hep-th cond-mat.stat-mechcond-mat.str-el

Defect Conformal Manifolds from Phantom (Non-Invertible) Symmetries

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We explore a general mechanism that allows (1+1)d CFTs to have interesting interface conformal manifolds even in the absence of any continuous internal symmetry or supersymmetry. This is made possible by the breaking of an enhanced continuous symmetry, which is generically non-invertible, arising in the folded theory. We provide several examples and showcase the power of the symmetry-based approach by computing the evolution of the reflection coefficient along the defect conformal manifold. We also discuss higher-dimensional generalizations and we comment on no-go theorems.

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