Topological reduction of $4$D SYM to $2$D$\sigma$-models

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(95)00242-KzbMath1009.58502arXivhep-th/9501096OpenAlexW2952719166MaRDI QIDQ1571671

Andrei Johansen, Vladimir Sadov, Michael Bershadsky, Cumrun Vafa

Publication date: 11 July 2000

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9501096

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Moduli problems for differential geometric structures (58D27) Moduli problems for topological structures (58D29) Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds (57R57)

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Topological reduction of \(4\)D SYM to \(2\)D\(\sigma\)-models