The virtue of defects in 4D gauge theories and 2D CFTs

DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2011)025zbMath1298.81170arXiv1003.1112MaRDI QIDQ466748

Jaume Gomis, Davide Gaiotto, Nadav Drukker

Publication date: 27 October 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.1112

zbMATH Keywords

supersymmetric gauge theory duality in gauge field theories conformal and W symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Feynman diagrams (81T18) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10)

Related Items

Topological field theory with Haagerup symmetry ⋮ Bootstrapping string dynamics in the 6d \(\mathcal{N} = (2, 0)\) theories ⋮ Interfaces and quantum algebras. I: Stable envelopes ⋮ 3d Superconformal Theories from Three-Manifolds ⋮ A slow review of the AGT correspondence ⋮ \(N=2\) gauge theories on the hemisphere \(HS^{4}\) ⋮ Exact results for Wilson loops in arbitrary representations ⋮ BPS states in the \(\Omega\)-background and torus knots ⋮ Line defects, tropicalization, and multi-centered quiver quantum mechanics ⋮ Holographic entropy and Calabi's diastasis ⋮ Non-perturbative defect one-point functions in planar \(\mathcal{N} = 4\) super-Yang-Mills ⋮ Lorentzian dynamics and factorization beyond rationality ⋮ Gluing II: boundary localization and gluing formulas ⋮ Bootstrapping the superconformal index with surface defects ⋮ Exact Kähler potential from gauge theory and mirror symmetry ⋮ Chern-Simons theory and S-duality ⋮ Exact results in \(D = 2\) supersymmetric gauge theories ⋮ On three dimensional quiver gauge theories and integrability ⋮ Interface entropy in four dimensions as Calabi's diastasis on the conformal manifold ⋮ Comments on fusion matrix in \(\mathbf{N} = 1\) super Liouville field theory ⋮ Aspects of defects in 3d-3d correspondence ⋮ Infrared computations of defect Schur indices ⋮ Conformal Janus on Euclidean sphere ⋮ Wilson punctured network defects in 2D \(q\)-deformed Yang-Mills theory ⋮ Modular properties of characters of the \(W_3\) algebra ⋮ M2-brane surface operators and gauge theory dualities in Toda ⋮ Large \(N\) correlation functions in superconformal field theories ⋮ The superconformal index of the \((2,0)\) theory with defects ⋮ On skein relations in class S theories ⋮ Exact results for boundaries and domain walls in 2d supersymmetric theories ⋮ Supersymmetric Casimir energy and the anomaly polynomial ⋮ On classical and semiclassical properties of the Liouville theory with defects ⋮ Coulomb branch operators and mirror symmetry in three dimensions ⋮ Topological defects in open string field theory ⋮ Exact results for 't Hooft loops in gauge theories on \(S^4\) ⋮ Dual boundary conditions in 3d SCFT's ⋮ Exact results and Schur expansions in quiver Chern-Simons-matter theories ⋮ S-duality wall of SQCD from Toda braiding ⋮ Gauge theory Wilson loops and conformal Toda field theory ⋮ Toda conformal blocks, quantum groups, and flat connections ⋮ Duality walls and defects in 5d \( \mathcal{N}=1 \) theories ⋮ Correlation functions of Coulomb branch operators ⋮ Gauge theories labelled by three-manifolds ⋮ Elliptic hypergeometry of supersymmetric dualities. II: Orthogonal groups, knots, and vortices ⋮ Anyonic chains, topological defects, and conformal field theory ⋮ 6j symbols for the modular double, quantum hyperbolic geometry, and supersymmetric gauge theories ⋮ Conformal Toda theory with a boundary ⋮ AGT on the S-duality wall ⋮ A direct proof of AGT conjecture at {\(\beta\)} = 1 ⋮ Boundary conditions in Toda theories and minimal models ⋮ Refined 3d-3d correspondence ⋮ The quantum UV-IR map for line defects in \(\mathfrak{gl}(3)\)-type class \(S\) theories ⋮ Circular Wilson loops in defect conformal field theory ⋮ Non-perturbative defects in tensor models from melonic trees ⋮ Deformed prepotential, quantum integrable system and Liouville field theory ⋮ The classifying algebra for defects ⋮ SUSY monopole potentials in 2+1 dimensions ⋮ AGT/\({\mathbb{Z}}_2\) ⋮ Asymptotic M5-brane entropy from S-duality ⋮ Supersymmetric D3/D5 for massive defects on curved space ⋮ A note on Wilson-'t Hooft operators ⋮ SUSY gauge theories on squashed three-spheres ⋮ Instanton counting with a surface operator and the chain-saw quiver ⋮ Classical conformal blocks from TBA for the elliptic Calogero-Moser system ⋮ Generalized matrix models and AGT correspondence at all genera ⋮ \( {\text{SL}}\left( {2,\mathbb{R}} \right) \) Chern-Simons, Liouville, and gauge theory on duality walls ⋮ Notes on SUSY gauge theories on three-sphere ⋮ Brezin-Gross-Witten model as ``pure gauge limit of Selberg integrals ⋮ On W-algebras and the symmetries of defects of 6d \(\mathcal{N} = \left( {2,0} \right)\) theory ⋮ Janus interface entropy and Calabi's diastasis in four-dimensional \(\mathcal{N} = 2\) superconformal field theories ⋮ Proving the AGT relation for \(N_{f} = 0, 1, 2\) antifundamentals ⋮ The Liouville side of the vortex ⋮ Non-perturbative topological strings and conformal blocks ⋮ Topological defect lines and renormalization group flows in two dimensions ⋮ Monodromy defects in free field theories ⋮ Green-Schwarz automorphisms and 6D SCFTs ⋮ Little string origin of surface defects ⋮ Spectral curves of \(\mathcal{N} = 1\) theories of class \({\mathcal{S}}_k \) ⋮ A \& B model approaches to surface operators and Toda thoeries ⋮ Wilson loops in \(\mathcal{N} = 2\) superconformal Yang-Mills theory ⋮ BPS states in the Minahan-Nemeschansky \({E_6}\) theory ⋮ Seiberg-Witten curve via generalized matrix model ⋮ Affine \(sl(N)\) conformal blocks from \({\mathcal N} = 2\) \(SU(N)\) gauge theories ⋮ 't Hooft operators in gauge theory from Toda CFT ⋮ Affine \(SL(2)\) conformal blocks from 4d gauge theories ⋮ (de)tails of Toda CFT ⋮ Defects in Jackiw-Teitelboim quantum gravity ⋮ Holographic and localization calculations of boundary \(F\) for \(\mathcal{N} = 4\) SUSY Yang-Mills theory ⋮ From \(\mathcal{N} = 4\) super-Yang-Mills on \(\mathbb{R} \mathbb{P}^4\) to bosonic Yang-Mills on \(\mathbb{R} \mathbb{P}^2\) ⋮ The Schwarzian sector of higher spin CFTs ⋮ Degenerate operators in JT and Liouville (super)gravity ⋮ Comments on knotted 1/2 BPS Wilson loops ⋮ Seiberg-Witten theories on ellipsoids ⋮ Superconformal index with duality domain wall ⋮ The BPS spectrum generator in 2D-4D systems ⋮ More on 't Hooft loops in \( \mathcal{N}=4 \) SYM ⋮ Bekenstein-Hawking entropy as topological entanglement entropy ⋮ Duality walls in the 4d \(\mathcal{N} = 2\)\(\mathrm{SU}(N)\) gauge theory with \(2N\) flavours ⋮ Line defects and (framed) BPS quivers ⋮ 3d Chern-Simons theory from M5-branes ⋮ Central charges of 2d superconformal defects ⋮ Gluing. I: Integrals and symmetries ⋮ Surface defect, anomalies and \(b\)-extremization ⋮ CFT duals of three-dimensional de Sitter gravity ⋮ Wilson loop invariants from \(W_{N}\) conformal blocks

Cites Work

This page was built for publication: The virtue of defects in 4D gauge theories and 2D CFTs