Abstract
Solitonic symmetry has been believed to follow the homotopy-group classification of topological solitons. Here, we point out a more sophisticated algebraic structure when solitons of different dimensions coexist in the spectrum. We uncover this phenomenon in a concrete quantum field theory, the 4D CP^{1} model. This model has two kinds of solitonic excitations-vortices and hopfions-which would follow two U(1) solitonic symmetries according to homotopy groups. Nevertheless, we demonstrate the nonexistence of the hopfion U(1) symmetry by evaluating the hopfion charge of vortex operators. We clarify that what conserves hopfion numbers is a noninvertible symmetry generated by 3D spin topological quantum field theories (TQFTs). Its invertible part is just Z_{2}, which we recognize as a spin bordism invariant. Compared with the 3D CP^{1} model, our work suggests a unified description of solitonic symmetries and couplings to topological phases.
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