Defects via factorization algebras

DOI10.1007/S11005-023-01670-2MaRDI QIDQ6097982zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ivan Contreras, Chris Elliott, Owen Gwilliam

Publication date 7 June 2023

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

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

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)

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.

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