Boundary N = 2 theory, Floer homologies, affine algebras, and the Verlinde formula

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2021.V25.N1.A1MaRDI QIDQ2052667zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Meer Ashwinkumar, Kee-Seng Png, Meng-Chwan Tan

Publication date 26 November 2021

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.04058

zbMATH Keywords

\(\mathcal{N} = 2\) gauge theoryAtiyah-Floer conjecturephysical proofsquantum and instanton Floer cohomology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Affine algebraic groups, hyperalgebra constructions (14L17) Symplectic aspects of Floer homology and cohomology (53D40) Floer homology (57R58) Boundary value problems on manifolds (58J32) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Mono-, di- and multipole moments (EM and other), gyromagnetic relations (81V60)

Abstract: Generalizing our ideas in [arXiv:1006.3313], we explain how topologically-twisted N=2 gauge theory on a four-manifold with boundary, will allow us to furnish purely physical proofs of (i) the Atiyah-Floer conjecture, (ii) Munoz's theorem relating quantum and instanton Floer cohomology, (iii) their monopole counterparts, and (iv) their higher rank generalizations. In the case where the boundary is a Seifert manifold, one can also relate its instanton Floer homology to modules of an affine algebra via a 2d A-model with target the based loop group. As an offshoot, we will be able to demonstrate an action of the affine algebra on the quantum cohomology of the moduli space of flat connections on a Riemann surface, as well as derive the Verlinde formula.

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