Quantum Wilson surfaces and topological interactions

DOI10.1007/JHEP02(2019)030zbMATH Open1411.81190arXiv1805.10992MaRDI QIDQ1735533FDOQ1735533

Authors: Olga Chekeres 

Publication date: 28 March 2019

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

Abstract: We introduce the description of a Wilson surface as a 2-dimensional topological quantum field theory with a 1-dimensional Hilbert space. On a closed surface, the Wilson surface theory defines a topological invariant of the principal $G$-bundle $PoSigma$. Interestingly, it can interact topologically with 2-dimensional Yang-Mills and BF theories modifying their partition functions. We compute explicitly the partition function of the 2-dimensional Yang-Mills theory with a Wilson surface. The Wilson surface turns out to be nontrivial for the gauge group $G$ non-simply connected (and trivial for $G$ simply connected). In particular we study in detail the cases $G=SU(N)/mathbb{Z}_m$, $G=Spin(4l)/(mathbb{Z}_{2}oplusmathbb{Z}_2)$ and obtain a general formula for any compact connected Lie group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.10992

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zbMATH Keywords

't Hooft and Polyakov loopsWilson

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General properties and structure of complex Lie groups (22E10) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

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