Published July 25, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

N=2 supersymmetric field theories on 3-manifolds with A-type boundaries

  • 1. STAG Research Centre & Physics and Astronomy & Mathematical Sciences,University of Southampton,Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Crete Center for Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics,Crete Center for Quantum Complexity and Nanotechnology,Department of Physics, University of Crete,Heraklion 71303 (Greece)

Description

General half-BPS A-type boundary conditions are formulated for N=2 supersymmetric field theories on compact 3-manifolds with boundary. We observe that under suitable conditions manifolds of the real A-type admitting two complex supersymmetries (related by charge conjugation) possess, besides a contact structure, a natural integrable toric foliation. A boundary, or a general co-dimension-1 defect, can be inserted along any leaf of this preferred foliation to produce manifolds with boundary that have the topology of a solid torus. We show that supersymmetric field theories on such manifolds can be endowed with half-BPS A-type boundary conditions. We specify the natural curved space generalization of the A-type projection of bulk supersymmetries and analyze the resulting A-type boundary conditions in generic 3d non-linear sigma models and YM/CS-matter theories.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2016)126; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/16574

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
07
Journal Page Range
p. 126
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48056324
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GAUGE INVARIANCE; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; SIGMA MODEL; SUPERSYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PERIPHERAL MODELS; SYMMETRY

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Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP07(2016)126; ARXIV:1604.01561; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:16574
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)