Published November 15, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

't Hooft operators in the boundary

  • 1. Department of Fundamental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96 Goeteborg (Sweden)

Description

We consider a topologically twisted maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on a four-manifold of the form V=WxR+. 't Hooft disorder operators localized in the boundary component at finite distance of V are relevant for the study of knot theory on the three-manifold W and have recently been constructed for a gauge group of rank one. We extend this construction to an arbitrary gauge group G. For certain values of the magnetic charge of the 't Hooft operator, the solutions are obtained by embedding the rank-one solutions in G and can be given in closed form.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 105032-105032.5
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43080137
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SUPERSYMMETRY; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SYMMETRY

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