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February 9, 2026Journal of High Energy Physics0 citationsOpen Access

Boundary scattering and non-invertible symmetries in 1 + 1 dimensions

SSSoichiro ShimamoriSYSatoshi Yamaguchi

Key Points

  • This paper aims to explore how non-invertible symmetries affect boundary scattering in 1+1-dimensional quantum field theories.
  • Extended the analysis of non-invertible symmetry effects to 1+1-dimensional QFTs with boundaries.
  • Defined both bulk and boundary S-matrices under boundary crossing relations.
  • Constructed boundary S-matrix for kink scattering in a gapped theory using Φ(1,3)-deformation.
  • Demonstrated that boundary S-matrix modifications occur due to topological quantum field theory effects.
  • Established a consistency condition for the boundary crossing relation under weakly-symmetric conditions.

Abstract

A bstract Recent studies by Copetti, Córdova and Komatsu have revealed that when non-invertible symmetries are spontaneously broken, the conventional crossing relation of the S-matrix is modified by the effects of the corresponding topological quantum field theory (TQFT). In this paper, we extend these considerations to (1 + 1)-dimensional quantum field theories (QFTs) with boundaries. In the presence of a boundary, one can define not only the bulk S-matrix but also the boundary S-matrix, which is subject to a consistency condition known as the boundary crossing relation. We show that when the boundary is weakly-symmetric under the non-invertible symmetry, the conventional boundary crossing relation also receives a modification due to the TQFT effects. As a concrete example of the boundary scattering, we analyze kink scattering in the gapped theory obtained from the Φ (1,3) -deformation of a minimal model. We explicitly construct the boundary S-matrix that satisfies the Ward-Takahashi identities associated with non-invertible symmetries.

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Shimamori et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69897a86f0ec2af6756e8acahttps://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2026)088
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