On Relationships among Chern-Simons Theory, BF Theory and Matrix Model

DOI10.1143/PTP.119.863zbMATH Open1146.81321arXiv0711.4235OpenAlexW3105762429MaRDI QIDQ3526503FDOQ3526503

Authors: Takaaki Ishii, Goro Ishiki, Kazutoshi Ohta, Shinji Shimasaki, Asato Tsuchiya 

Publication date: 25 September 2008

Published in: Progress of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Chern-Simons theory on a U(1) bundle over a Riemann surface Sigma_g of genus g is dimensionally reduced to BF theory with a mass term, which is equivalent to the two-dimensional Yang-Mills on Sigma_g. We show that the former is inversely obtained from the latter by the extended matrix T-duality developed in hep-th/0703021. For the case of g=0 (i.e. S^2), the U(1) bundle represents the lens space S^3/Z_p. We find that in this case both the Chern-Simons theory and the BF theory with the mass term are realized in a matrix model. We also construct Wilson loops in the matrix model that correspond to those in the Chern-Simons theory on S^3.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.4235

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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