Boundary Chiral Algebras and Holomorphic Twists

DOI10.1007/S00220-022-04599-0arXiv2005.00083MaRDI QIDQ6339784FDOQ6339784

Authors: Kevin Costello, Tudor Dan Dimofte, Davide Gaiotto 

Publication date: 30 April 2020

Abstract: We study the holomorphic twist of 3d $calN=2$ gauge theories in the presence of boundaries, and the algebraic structure of bulk and boundary local operators. In the holomorphic twist, both bulk and boundary local operators form chiral algebras (emph{a.k.a.} vertex operator algebras). The bulk algebra is commutative, endowed with a shifted Poisson bracket and a "higher" stress tensor; while the boundary algebra is a module for the bulk, may not be commutative, and may or may not have a stress tensor. We explicitly construct bulk and boundary algebras for free theories and Landau-Ginzburg models. We construct boundary algebras for gauge theories with matter and/or Chern-Simons couplings, leaving a full description of bulk algebras to future work. We briefly discuss the presence of higher A-infinity like structures.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Ginzburg-Landau equations (35Q56) Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics (81Q60) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Analytic sheaves and cohomology groups (32C35)

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