- Accepted Paper
Non-invertible bosonic chiral symmetry on the lattice
Phys. Rev. X - Accepted 8 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/hl1d-99hv
Phys. Rev. X - Accepted 8 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/hl1d-99hv
In this work we realize the d non-invertible $\Z_N$ chiral symmetry generator as an operator in a many body lattice Hilbert space. A crucial ingredient in our construction is the use of infinite dimensional rotor site Hilbert spaces. Specifically, our Hilbert space is that of a lattice gauge theory coupled to a charge scalar in the Villain formulation, which allows for direct access to monopoles and for a simple definition of a magnetic $\Z_N$ one-form symmetry , at the lattice Hamiltonian level. We construct the generator of the $\Z_N$ chiral symmetry as a locality-preserving unitary operator not in the entire Hilbert space, but only in the subspace of -invariant states. Using a lattice-level duality based on gauging , we find a dual description of this subspace, as the subspace of a charge gauge theory invariant under an electric one-form symmetry . We show that in this dual formulation, the chiral symmetry generator extends unitarily to the entire Hilbert space, but has a mixed anomaly with the symmetry.
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