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pith:4SWISXW2

pith:2026:4SWISXW23MKHPUJBKMOSK25XLP

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String probes, simple currents, and the no global symmetries conjecture

Guglielmo Lockhart, Luca Novelli, Yann Proto

Chiral simple currents extending the worldsheet algebra of faithful string probes reproduce obstructions to gauging center one-form symmetries in six and eight dimensions.

arxiv:2605.12594 v1 · 2026-05-12 · hep-th

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C1strongest claim

The consistency condition for such extensions reproduce and generalize known field theoretic and geometric obstructions to the gauging of center one-form symmetries in six and eight dimensions.

C2weakest assumption

That the worldsheet counterpart of gauged center one-form symmetries is precisely the existence of chiral simple currents extending the current algebra for faithful string probes that realize the gauge symmetry as a holomorphic current algebra.

C3one line summary

Chiral simple current extensions on the worldsheet reproduce and generalize obstructions to gauging center one-form symmetries in 6d and 8d string compactifications while clarifying BPS particle requirements upon circle reduction.

References

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[1] Cobordism Classes and the Swampland, 1909

[2] Monopoles, Duality, and String Theory 2004 · arXiv:hep-th/0304042

[3] Symmetries and Strings in Fiel d Theory and Gravity 2011 · arXiv:1011.5120

[4] Tensionless Strings and the Weak Gravity Conjecture 2018 · arXiv:1808.05958

[5] A Stringy Test of the Scalar Weak Gravity Conjecture 2019 · arXiv:1810.05169

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First computed	2026-05-18T03:10:01.215433Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
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e4ac895edadb1477d121531d256bb75bdf4aa995aaa93ada0645ef33798d6617

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arxiv: 2605.12594 · arxiv_version: 2605.12594v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.12594 · pith_short_12: 4SWISXW23MKH · pith_short_16: 4SWISXW23MKHPUJB · pith_short_8: 4SWISXW2

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