Selfduality and Chern-Simons Theory
| dc.creator | Ganor, Ori J. | |
| dc.creator | Hong, Yoon Pyo | |
| dc.date | 2008-12-05 | |
| dc.date | 2008-12-21 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:20:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:20:40Z | |
| dc.description | We propose a relation between the operator of S-duality (of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory in 3+1D) and a topological theory in one dimension lower. We construct the topological theory by compactifying N=4 super Yang-Mills on a circle with an S-duality and R-symmetry twist. The S-duality twist requires a selfdual coupling constant. We argue that for a sufficiently low rank of the gauge group the three-dimensional low-energy description is a topological theory, which we conjecture to be a pure Chern-Simons theory. This conjecture implies a connection between the action of mirror symmetry on the sigma-model with Hitchin's moduli space as target space and geometric quantization of the moduli space of flat connections on a Riemann surface. | |
| dc.description | 60 pages, references added | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1213 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1213 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/213131 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Selfduality and Chern-Simons Theory | |
| dc.type | text |