Equivariant topological sigma models

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(94)90531-2MaRDI QIDQ1967702zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Petr Hořava

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/9309124

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Enumerative problems (combinatorial problems) in algebraic geometry (14N10) Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds (57R57) Spaces of embeddings and immersions (58D10) Applications of variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces to the sciences (58E50) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

Abstract: We identify and examine a generalization of topological sigma models suitable for coupling to topological open strings. The targets are Kahler manifolds with a real structure, i.e. with an involution acting as a complex conjugation, compatible with the Kahler metric. These models satisfy axioms of what might be called ``equivariant topological quantum field theory, generalizing the axioms of topological field theory as given by Atiyah. Observables of the equivariant topological sigma models correspond to cohomological classes in an equivariant cohomology theory of the targets. Their correlation functions can be computed, leading to intersection theory on instanton moduli spaces with a natural real structure. An equivariant $C{P}^{1}imesC{P}^1$ model is discussed in detail, and solved explicitly. Finally, we discuss the equivariant formulation of topological gravity on surfaces of unoriented open and closed string theory, and find a $Z_2$ anomaly explaining some problems with the formulation of topological open string theory.

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