Toda conformal blocks, quantum groups, and flat connections

DOI10.1007/S00220-019-03617-YzbMATH Open1439.81081arXiv1712.10225OpenAlexW2983816558WikidataQ126552708 ScholiaQ126552708MaRDI QIDQ2174644FDOQ2174644

Elli Pomoni, J. Teschner, Ioana Coman

Publication date: 21 April 2020

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper investigates the relations between the Toda conformal field theories, quantum group theory and the quantisation of moduli spaces of flat connections. We use the free field representation of the $mathcalW$-algebras to define natural bases for spaces of conformal blocks of the Toda conformal field theory associated to the Lie algebra $mathfraks{mathfrakl}_3$ on the three-punctured sphere with representations of generic type associated to the three punctures. The operator-valued monodromies of degenerate fields can be used to describe the quantisation of the moduli spaces of flat $mathrmSL(3)$-connections. It is shown that the matrix elements of the monodromies can be expressed as Laurent polynomials of more elementary operators which have a simple definition in the free field representation. These operators are identified as quantised counterparts of natural higher rank analogs of the Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates from Teichm"uller theory. Possible applications to the study of the non-Lagrangian SUSY field theories are briefly outlined.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.10225

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R50) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Lie algebras of linear algebraic groups (17B45) Moduli problems for differential geometric structures (58D27)

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