The Half-Twisted Orbifold Sigma Model and the Chiral de Rham Complex

dc.creatorTan, Meng-Chwan
dc.date2006-07-25
dc.date2008-03-22
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dc.descriptionIn this paper, we study the perturbative aspects of the half-twisted variant of Witten's topological A-model on a complex orbifold X/G, where G is an isometry group of X. The objective is to furnish a purely physical interpretation of the mathematical theory of the Chiral de Rham complex on orbifolds recently constructed by Frenkel and Szczesny in [Chiral de Rham complex and orbifolds, arXiv: math.AG/0307181]. In turn, one can obtain a novel understanding of the holomorphic (twisted) N=2 superconformal structure underlying the untwisted and twisted sectors of the quantum sigma model, purely in terms of an obstruction (or a lack thereof) to a global definition of the relevant physical operators which correspond to G-invariant sections of the sheaf of Chiral de Rham complex on X. Explicit examples are provided to help illustrate this connection, and comparisons with their non-orbifold counterparts are also made in an aim to better understand the action of the G-orbifolding on the original half-twisted sigma model on X.
dc.description57 pages. Additional references. Published version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0607199
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0607199
dc.identifierAdv.Theor.Math.Phys.12:547-604,2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201413
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subjectQuantum Algebra
dc.titleThe Half-Twisted Orbifold Sigma Model and the Chiral de Rham Complex
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