More on gauge theory and geometric Langlands

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2017.06.021zbMATH Open1392.81188arXiv1506.04293OpenAlexW2964089138MaRDI QIDQ1701017FDOQ1701017

Authors: Edward Witten 

Publication date: 22 February 2018

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The geometric Langlands correspondence was described some years ago in terms of $S$-duality of $N=4$ super Yang-Mills theory. Some additional matters relevant to this story are described here. The main goal is to explain directly why an $A$-brane of a certain simple kind can be an eigenbrane for the action of 't Hooft operators. To set the stage, we review some facts about Higgs bundles and the Hitchin fibration. We consider only the simplest examples, in which many technical questions can be avoided.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.04293

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zbMATH Keywords

Higgs bundleHitchin fibrationS-dualityHecke transformationeigenbranet'Hooft operator4D N=4 super Yang-Mills

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Geometric Langlands program: representation-theoretic aspects (22E57)

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