Tau-functions, twistor theory, and quantum field theory

DOI10.1007/S00220-002-0714-3MaRDI QIDQ1396192zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors N. M. J. Woodhouse, L. J. Mason, Michael A. Singer

Publication date 14 January 2004

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0105038

zbMATH Keywords

geometric quantizationintegrable equationsquantum field theoriestau functiontwistor correspondences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Twistor theory, double fibrations (complex-analytic aspects) (32L25) Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Relations of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamical systems with algebraic geometry, complex analysis, and special functions (37K20) Groups and algebras in quantum theory and relations with integrable systems (81R12) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

Abstract: This article is concerned with obtaining the standard tau function descriptions of integrable equations (in particular, here the KdV and Ernst equations are considered) from the geometry of their twistor correspondences. In particular, we will see that the quantum field theoretic formulae for tau functions can be understood as arising from geometric quantization of the twistor data. En route we give a geometric quantization formulation of Chern-Simons and WZW quantum field theories using the Quillen determinant line bundle construction and ingredients from Segal's conformal field theory. The $au$-functions are then seen to be amplitudes associated with gauge group actions on certain coherent states within these theories that can be obtained from the twistor description.

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