N=2 supersymmetric field theories on 3-manifolds with A-type boundaries
Creators
- 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/16574Additional details
Identifiers
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
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
- Notes
- PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP07(2016)126; ARXIV:1604.01561; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:16574
- Funding organization
- SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)