Author(s): Wilbur Shirley, Carolyn Zhang, Wenjie Ji, and Michael Levin
If a symmetry is not onsiteable, must it be anomalous? In 1+1d lattice Hamiltonian systems, any finite, internal, anomaly-free symmetry can be disentangled into an onsite symmetry, whereas in two-dimensional lattice systems there exist finite-group symmetries that are not onsiteable but nevertheless anomaly-free.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216602] Published Thu May 28, 2026