Loop and surface operators in \( \mathcal{N} = 2 \) gauge theory and Liouville modular geometry

DOI10.1007/JHEP01(2010)113zbMath1269.81078arXiv0909.0945OpenAlexW2060111284WikidataQ59254844 ScholiaQ59254844MaRDI QIDQ359253

Herman Verlinde, Yuji Tachikawa, Sergei Gukov, Luis F. Alday, Davide Gaiotto

Publication date: 9 August 2013

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.0945

zbMATH Keywords

supersymmetric gauge theory conformal and W symmetry supersymmetry and duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

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