Complex counterpart of Chern-Simons-Witten theory and holomorphic linking

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2007.V11.N4.A2MaRDI QIDQ2466693zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Igor B. Frenkel, Andrey N. Todorov

Publication date 16 January 2008

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0502169, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.atmp/1194547743

zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Simons-Witten theorycomplexification of loop group theoryholomorphic linking

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Loop groups and related constructions, group-theoretic treatment (22E67) Holomorphic functions of several complex variables (32A99) Complex manifolds (32Q99) Partial differential equations on manifolds; differential operators (58J99) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

Abstract: In this paper we are begining to explore the complex counterpart of the Chern-Simon-Witten theory. We define the complex analogue of the Gauss linking number for complex curves embedded in a Calabi-Yau threefold using the formal path integral that leads to a rigorous mathematical expression. We give an analytic and geometric interpretation of our holomorphic linking following the parallel with the real case. We show in particular that the Green kernel that appears in the explicit integral for the Gauss linking number is replaced by the Bochner-Martinelli kernel. We also find canonical expressions of the holomorphic linking using the Grothendieck-Serre duality in local cohomology, the latter admits a generalization for an arbitrary field.

Review text

A complex counterpart of the Chern-Simons-Witten (CSW) theory, namely the complex analogue of the Gauss linking number for complex curves, is developed in this paper. Referring to the complexification of loop group theory discovered in [\textit{P. I. Etingof} and \textit{I. B. Frenkel}, Commun. Math. Phys. 165, No. 3, 429--444 (1994; Zbl 0822.22014)] and extended in [\textit{I. B. Frenkel} and \textit{B. A. Khesin}, Commun. Math. Phys. 178, No. 3, 541--562 (1996; Zbl 0858.22017)], the authors introduce a rigorous expression for the holomorphic linking. They show that the Green kernel, occuring in the classical integral for the Gauss linking number, is replaced by the Bochner-Martinelli kernel and has a deep relation with the theory of Green currents in Arakelov geometry. The holomorphic linking is derived in the frame of the complex CSW path integral formalism and is expressed via the Grothendieck-Serre duality in local cohomology. Different realizations of the holomorphic linking are then proved to be related to several structures of complex and algebraic geometry.

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