Symmetry and Emergence
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✦ hep-th
cond-mat.otherhep-ph
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symmetriesgaugeglobalphysicsamericanapproximateaprilcity
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I discuss gauge and global symmetries in particle physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum gravity. In a modern understanding, global symmetries are approximate and gauge symmetries may be emergent. (Based on a lecture at the April, 2016 meeting of the American Physical Society in Salt Lake City, Utah.)
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