On S-duality in abelian gauge theory

DOI10.1007/BF01671570zbMATH Open0833.53024arXivhep-th/9505186OpenAlexW2031170322MaRDI QIDQ1900245FDOQ1900245

Authors: Edward Witten 

Publication date: 11 March 1996

Published in: Selecta Mathematica. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: U(1) gauge theory on $$ is known to possess an electric-magnetic duality symmetry that inverts the coupling constant and extends to an action of $$. In this paper, the duality is studied on a general four-manifold and it is shown that the partition function is not a modular-invariant function but transforms as a modular form. This result plays an essential role in determining a new low-energy interaction that arises when N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory is formulated on a four-manifold; the determination of this interaction gives a new test of the solution of the model and would enter in computations of the Donaldson invariants of four-manifolds with $b_2^{+}leq1$. Certain other aspects of abelian duality, relevant to matters such as the dependence of Donaldson invariants on the second Stieffel-Whitney class, are also analyzed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9505186

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zbMATH Keywords

gauge theoryYang-Mills fieldsDonaldson invariants of 4-manifoldselectro-magnetic duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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