Non-Invertible Symmetries in Compactified Supergravities

Abstract

We study the Kaluza--Klein descent of non-invertible higher-form symmetry defects from eleven-dimensional Supergravity to Type IIA Supergravity. Starting from the eleven-dimensional construction of non-invertible Supergravity defects, we show that the full defect, including its auxiliary topological sector, admits a pushforward along the M-theory circle in the zero-mode Supergravity regime. The seven-dimensional Chern--Simons-like auxiliary theory descends to a six-dimensional \(BF\)-type sector. We also show that the compactification of the eleven-dimensional Bianchi sector splits into an invertible \(H[3]\)-sector and a twisted non-invertible \( F[4]\)-sector, controlled by \(d F[4]+H[3] F[2]=0\). The resulting Type IIA defect algebra contains both an invertible Picard subgroup and non-invertible \(BF\)-dressed defects, with charged probes identified through the standard M-theory/Type IIA brane dictionary.

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