Topological gravity on the lattice

DOI10.1007/JHEP07(2010)066zbMATH Open1290.81059arXiv1003.5202WikidataQ126177192 ScholiaQ126177192MaRDI QIDQ2014972FDOQ2014972

Simon Catterall

Publication date: 17 June 2014

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

Abstract: In this paper we show that a particular twist of $mathcalN=4$ super Yang-Mills in three dimensions with gauge group SU(2) possesses a set of classical vacua corresponding to the space of flat connections of the {it complexified} gauge group $SL(2,C)$. The theory also contains a set of topological observables corresponding to Wilson loops wrapping non-trivial cycles of the base manifold. This moduli space and set of topological observables is shared with the Chern Simons formulation of three dimensional gravity and we hence conjecture that the Yang-Mills theory gives an equivalent description of the gravitational theory. Unlike the Chern Simons formulation the twisted Yang-Mills theory possesses a supersymmetric and gauge invariant lattice construction which then provides a possible non-perturbative definition of three dimensional gravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.5202

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zbMATH Keywords

extended supersymmetrylattice gauge field theoriestopological field theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25)

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Cited In (6)

• On torsional observables in topological 4D gravity
• A Hamiltonian lattice formulation of topological gravity
• Topological aspects of lattice gauge theories
• Quadratic Lagrangians and topology in gauge theory gravity
• Bounded geometries and topology fluctuations in lattice quantum gravity
• Topology induced first-order phase transitions in lattice quantum gravity

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