Quantum groups in the Higgs phase

DOI10.1007/BF01102213MaRDI QIDQ1902460zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors F. Alexander Bais, Mark De Wild Propitius

Publication date 21 November 1995

Published in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9311162

zbMATH Keywords

quantum groupcohomology groupquasi-Hopf algebraCoulomb interactionsHiggs phasediscrete \(H\) gauge theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R50) Model quantum field theories (81T10)

Abstract: In the Higgs phase we may be left with a residual finite symmetry group H of the condensate. The topological interactions between the magnetic- and electric excitations in these so-called discrete H gauge theories are completely described by the Hopf algebra or quantumgroup D(H). In 2+1 dimensional space time we may add a Chern-Simons term to such a model. This deforms the underlying Hopf algebra D(H) into a quasi-Hopf algebra by means of a 3-cocycle H. Consequently, the finite number of physically inequivalent discrete H gauge theories obtained in this way are labelled by the elements of the cohomology group H^3(H,U(1)). We briefly review the above results in these notes. Special attention is given to the Coulomb screening mechanism operational in the Higgs phase. This mechanism screens the Coulomb interactions, but not the Aharonov-Bohm interactions. (Invited talk given by Mark de Wild Propitius at `The III International Conference on Mathematical Physics, String Theory and Quantum Gravity', Alushta, Ukraine, June 13-24, 1993. To be published in Theor. Math. Phys.)

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