4d/2d 3d/1d: a song of protected operator algebras

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2022.V26.N7.A2MaRDI QIDQ6095264zbMATH OpenFDO

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Publication date 7 September 2023

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.01006

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Weyl theory and its generalizations for ordinary differential equations (34B20) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Conformal structures on manifolds (53C18) Lagrange's equations (70H03) Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics (81Q60) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40)

Abstract: Superconformal field theories (SCFT) are known to possess solvable yet nontrivial sectors in their full operator algebras. Two prime examples are the chiral algebra sector on a two dimensional plane in four dimensional $mathcalN=2$ SCFTs, and the topological quantum mechanics (TQM) sector on a line in three dimensional $mathcalN=4$ SCFTs. Under Weyl transformation, they respectively map to operator algebras on a great torus in $S^{1}imes{S}^3$ and a great circle in $S^3$, and are naturally related by reduction along the $S^1$ factor, which amounts to taking the Cardy (high-temperature) limit of the four dimensional theory on $S^{1}imes{S}^3$. We elaborate on this relation by explicit examples that involve both Lagrangian and non-Lagrangian theories in four dimensions, where the chiral algebra sector is generally described by a certain W-algebra, while the three dimensional descendant SCFT always has a (mirror) Lagrangian description. By taking into account a subtle R-symmetry mixing, we provide explicit dictionaries between selected operator product expansion (OPE) data in the four and three dimensional SCFTs, which we verify in the examples using recent localization results in four and three dimensions. Our methods thus provide nontrivial support for various chiral algebra proposals in the literature. Along the way, we also identify three dimensional mirrors for Argyres-Douglas theories of type $(A_1,D_{2n+1})$ reduced on $S^1$, and find more evidence for earlier proposals in the case of $(A_1,A_{2n-2})$, which both realize certain superconformal boundary conditions for the four dimensional $mathcalN=4$ super-Yang-Mills. This is a companion paper to arXiv:1911.05741.

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