Constrained topological gravity from twisted N=2 Liouville theory.

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(94)90281-XMaRDI QIDQ1967525zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Damiano Anselmi, Paolo Soriani, Pietro Fré, Luciano Girardello

Publication date 6 March 2000

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9404109

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of deformations of analytic structures to the sciences (32G81) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

Abstract: In this paper we show that there exists a new class of topological field theories, whose correlators are intersection numbers of cohomology classes in a constrained moduli space. Our specific example is a formulation of 2D topological gravity. The constrained moduli-space is the Poincare' dual of the top Chern-class of the bundle $E_{i}ghtarrow{calM}_g$, whose sections are the holomorphic differentials. Its complex dimension is $2g-3$, rather then $3g-3$. We derive our model by performing the A-topological twist of N=2 supergravity, that we identify with N=2 Liouville theory, whose rheonomic construction is also presented. The peculiar field theoretical mechanism, rooted in BRST cohomology, that is responsible for the constraint on moduli space is discussed, the key point being the fact that the graviphoton becomes a Lagrange multiplier after twist. The relation with conformal field theories is also explored. Our formulation of N=2 Liouville theory leads to a representation of the N=2 superconformal algebra with $c=6$, instead of the value $c=9$ that is obtained by untwisting the Verlinde and Verlinde formulation of topological gravity. The reduced central charge is the shadow, in conformal field theory, of the constraint on moduli space.

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