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arxiv 2204.03045 v3 pith:DEBWZHI7 submitted 2022-04-06 cond-mat.str-el hep-th

Generalized Symmetries in Condensed Matter

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Recent advances in our understanding of symmetry in quantum many-body systems offer the possibility of a generalized Landau paradigm that encompasses all equilibrium phases of matter. This is a brief and elementary review of some of these developments.

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