Topological sigma models with H-flux

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/057zbMATH Open1245.81180arXiv0803.1995OpenAlexW2102943113MaRDI QIDQ445602FDOQ445602

Maxim Zabzine, L. Melo Dos Santos, C. M. Hull, Ulf Lindström, Rikard von Unge

Publication date: 26 August 2012

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

Abstract: We investigate the topological theory obtained by twisting the N=(2,2) supersymmetric nonlinear sigma model with target a bihermitian space with torsion. For the special case in which the two complex structures commute, we show that the action is a Q-exact term plus a quasi-topological term. The quasi-topological term is locally given by a closed two-form which corresponds to a flat gerbe-connection and generalises the usual topological term of the A-model. Exponentiating it gives a Wilson surface, which can be regarded as a generalization of a Wilson line. This makes the quantum theory globally well-defined.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1995

zbMATH Keywords

H-fluxsupersymmetric nonlinear sigma model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

Cited In (4)

• Semichiral fields on \(S^2\) and generalized Kähler geometry
• \(T\)-duality: topology change from \(H\)-flux
• T-duality with \(H\)-flux for \(2d\) \(\sigma\)-models
• Lectures on generalized complex geometry for physicists

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