Modular functors, cohomological field theories, and topological recursion

DOI10.1090/PSPUM/100/01772zbMATH Open1448.81439arXiv1509.01387OpenAlexW2963709624MaRDI QIDQ5136629FDOQ5136629

Authors: J. E. Andersen, Nicolas Orantin, Gaëtan Borot 

Publication date: 27 November 2020

Published in: Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a topological modular functor $mathcalV$ in the sense of Walker cite{Walker}, we construct vector bundles over $$, whose Chern classes define semi-simple cohomological field theories. This construction depends on a determination of the logarithm of the eigenvalues of the Dehn twist and central element actions. We show that the intersection of the Chern class with the $psi$-classes in $$ is computed by the topological recursion of cite{EOFg}, for a local spectral curve that we describe. In particular, we show how the Verlinde formula for the dimensions $D_{veclambda}(mathbf{Sigma}_{g,n})=dimmathcal{V}_{veclambda}(mathbf{Sigma}_{g,n})$ is retrieved from the topological recursion. We analyze the consequences of our result on two examples: modular functors associated to a finite group $G$ (for which $D_{veclambda}(mathbf{Sigma}_{g,n})$ enumerates certain $G$-principle bundles over a genus $g$ surface with $n$ boundary conditions specified by $veclambda$), and the modular functor obtained from Wess-Zumino-Witten conformal field theory associated to a simple, simply-connected Lie group $G$ (for which $mathcal{V}_{veclambda}(mathbf{Sigma}_{g,n})$ is the Verlinde bundle).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.01387

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Relationships between algebraic curves and physics (14H81) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Stable homotopy theory, spectra (55P42)

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