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We show that large N QCD does not have an emergent ℤN 1-form symmetry. Our results suggest that a symmetry-based understanding of (approximate) confinement in QCD would require some further generalization of the notion of generalized global symmetries.
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Cherman, A., Jacobson, T. & Neuzil, M. 1-form symmetry versus large N QCD. J. High Energ. Phys. 2023, 192 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2023)192
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