3D mirror symmetry and the βγ VOA

DOI10.1142/S0219199722500699arXiv2202.01223OpenAlexW4303454268MaRDI QIDQ6186948FDOQ6186948

Authors: Wenjun Niu 

Publication date: 10 January 2024

Published in: Communications in Contemporary Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the simplest example of mirror symmetry for 3d $mathcalN=4$ SUSY gauge theories: the A-twist of a free hypermultiplet and the B-twist of SQED. We particularly focus on the category of line operators in each theory. Using the work of Costello-Gaiotto, we define these categories as appropriate categories of modules for the boundary vertex operator algebras present in each theory. For the A-twist of a free hyper, this will be a certain category of modules for the $$ VOA, properly containing the category previously studied by Allen-Wood. Applying the work of Creutzig-Kanade-McRae and Creutzig-McRae-Yang, we show that the category of line operators on the A side possesses the structure of a braided tensor category, extending the result of Allen-Wood. In addition, we prove that there is a braided tensor equivalence between the categories of line operators on the A side and B side, completing a non-trivial check of the 3d mirror symmetry conjecture. We derive explicit fusion rules as a consequence of this equivalence and obtain interesting relations with associated quantum group representations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.01223

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zbMATH Keywords

representation theoryvertex operator algebraline operators3d mirror symmetrynon-semisimple tensor categories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic geometry (14-XX)

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