Non-invertible T-duality at any radius via non-compact SymTFT
Riccardo Argurio, Andrés Collinucci, Giovanni Galati, Ondrej Hulik, Elise Paznokas
SciPost Phys. 18, 089 (2025) · published 11 March 2025
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.18.3.089
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Abstract
We extend the construction of the T-duality symmetry for the 2d compact boson to arbitrary values of the radius by including topological manipulations such as gauging continuous symmetries with flat connections. We show that the entire circle branch of the $c=1$ conformal manifold can be generated using these manipulations, resulting in a non-invertible T-duality symmetry when the gauging sends the radius to its inverse value. Using the recently proposed symmetry TFT describing continuous global symmetries of the boundary theory, we identify the topological operator corresponding to these new T-duality symmetries as an open condensation defect of the bulk theory, constructed by (higher) gauging an $\mathbb{R}$ subgroup of the bulk global symmetries. Notably, when the boundary theory is the compact boson with a rational square radius, this operator reduces to the familiar T-duality defect described by a Tambara-Yamagami fusion category. This construction thus naturally includes all possible discrete T-duality symmetries of the theory in a unified way.
Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations
See all Organizations.- 1 2 Riccardo Argurio,
- 1 2 Andrés Collinucci,
- 1 2 Giovanni Galati,
- 3 Ondřej Hulík,
- 1 2 Elise Paznokas
- 1 Université Libre de Bruxelles [ULB]
- 2 International Solvay Institutes
- 3 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg / Heidelberg University
- Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS (FNRS) (through Organization: Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique [FNRS])
- Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles