New advancements on defects and their applications

Sungjay Lee: Gauge theory with gauge group G versus G/\Gamma

Jul 14, 2025, 11:30 AM

1h

Panasonic Auditorium, Yukawa Hall (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)

Description

In this talk, I will explore the one-form center symmetries in four-dimensional gauge theories through the lens of Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT). Along the way, I will discuss potential new phases in certain classes of pure Yang–Mills theories in four dimensions.