A \& B model approaches to surface operators and Toda thoeries

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2010)042zbMATH Open1291.81328arXiv1004.2025WikidataQ59253385 ScholiaQ59253385MaRDI QIDQ2248168FDOQ2248168

Authors: Can Kozçaz, Sara Pasquetti, Niclas Wyllard 

Publication date: 30 June 2014

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

Abstract: It has recently been argued by Alday et al that the inclusion of surface operators in 4d N=2 SU(2) quiver gauge theories should correspond to insertions of certain degenerate operators in the dual Liouville theory. So far only the insertion of a single surface operator has been treated (in a semi-classical limit). In this paper we study and generalise this proposal. Our approach relies on the use of topological string theory techniques. On the B-model side we show that the effects of multiple surface operator insertions in 4d N=2 gauge theories can be calculated using the B-model topological recursion method, valid beyond the semi-classical limit. On the mirror A-model side we find by explicit computations that the 5d lift of the SU(N) gauge theory partition function in the presence of (one or many) surface operators is equal to an A-model topological string partition function with the insertion of (one or many) toric branes. This is in agreement with an earlier proposal by Gukov. Our A-model results were motivated by and agree with what one obtains by combining the AGT conjecture with the dual interpretation in terms of degenerate operators. The topological string theory approach also opens up new possibilities in the study of 2d Toda field theories.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.2025

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal and W symmetryduality in gauge field theoriestopological strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

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