Topology change and -vacua in 2D Yang-Mills theory

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00378-7zbMATH Open0934.81027arXivhep-th/9612246OpenAlexW2014131734MaRDI QIDQ1362741FDOQ1362741

Tom D. Imbo, Paulo Teotonio-Sobrinho

Publication date: 6 August 1997

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss the existence of $heta$-vacua in pure Yang-Mills theory in two space-time dimensions. More precisely, a procedure is given which allows one to classify the distinct quantum theories possessing the same classical limit for an arbitrary connected gauge group G and compact space-time manifold M (possibly with boundary) possessing a special basepoint. For any such G and M it is shown that the above quantizations are in one-to-one correspondence with the irreducible unitary representations (IUR's) of $p{i}_1(G)$ if M is orientable, and with the IUR's of $p{i}_1(G)/2p{i}_1(G)$ if M is nonorientable.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9612246

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zbMATH Keywords

boundaryorientable manifoldirreducible unitary representationsquantum theoriescompact spacetime manifoldspacetime dimensions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05)

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