Defects via factorization algebras

DOI10.1007/S11005-023-01670-2zbMATH Open1511.81123arXiv2208.01730OpenAlexW4365453892MaRDI QIDQ6097982FDOQ6097982

Authors: Ivan Contreras, Chris Elliott, Owen Gwilliam 

Publication date: 7 June 2023

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We provide a mathematical formulation of the idea of a defect for a field theory, in terms of the factorization algebra of observables and using the BV formalism. Our approach follows a well-known ansatz identifying a defect as a boundary condition along the boundary of a blow-up, but it uses recent work of Butson-Yoo and Rabinovich on boundary conditions and their associated factorization algebras to implement the ansatz. We describe how a range of natural examples of defects fits into our framework.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.01730

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zbMATH Keywords

Batalin-Vilkovisky formalismfactorization algebrasshifted Poisson geometryWilson and 't Hooft loop operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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