Defects in G/H coset, G/G topological field theory and discrete Fourier-Mukai transform

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2011.01.013zbMATH Open1208.81181arXiv1006.5317OpenAlexW2121306706MaRDI QIDQ632408FDOQ632408

Authors: Juan-Miguel Gracia 

Publication date: 24 March 2011

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we construct defects in coset $G/H$ theory. Canonical quantization of the gauged WZW model $G/H$ with $N$ defects on a cylinder and a strip is performed and the symplectomorphisms between the corresponding phase spaces and those of double Chern-Simons theory on an annulus and a disc with Wilson lines are established. Special attention to topological coset $G/G$ has been paid. We prove that a $G/G$ theory on a cylinder with $N$ defects coincides with Chern-Simons theory on a torus times the time-line $R$ with 2N Wilson lines. We have shown also that a $G/G$ theory on a strip with $N$ defects coincides with Chern-Simons theory on a sphere times the time-line $R$ with $2N+4$ Wilson lines. This particular example of topological field theory enables us to penetrate into a general picture of defects in semisimple 2D topological field theory. We conjecture that defects in this case described by a 2-category of matrices of vector spaces and that the action of defects on boundary states is given by the discrete Fourier-Mukai transform.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.5317

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theoryD-branesdefectsFourier-Mukai transform2-categoriestopological field theorygauged WZW models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Exactly and quasi-solvable systems arising in quantum theory (81U15) Special quantum systems, such as solvable systems (81Q80)

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