\mathcal {W}-algebras and surface operators in \mathcal {N}=2 gauge theories

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/44/15/155401zbMath1213.81173arXiv1109.4264OpenAlexW76247710MaRDI QIDQ2999490

Publication date: 13 May 2011

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4264

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21)

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