Published July 23, 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Symmetry enhancement and closing of knots in 3d/3d correspondence

  • 1. Center for Theorectical Physics, Seoul National University,Seoul 08826 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe,University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583 (Japan)

Description

We revisit Dimofte-Gaiotto-Gukov's construction of 3d gauge theories associated to 3-manifolds with a torus boundary. After clarifying their construction from a viewpoint of compactification of a 6d N=(2,0) theory of A1-type on a 3-manifold, we propose a topological criterion for SU(2)/SO(3) flavor symmetry enhancement for the u(1) symmetry in the theory associated to a torus boundary, which is expected from the 6d viewpoint. Base on the understanding of symmetry enhancement, we generalize the construction to closed 3-manifolds by identifying the gauge theory counterpart of Dehn filling operation. The generalized construction predicts infinitely many 3d dualities from surgery calculus in knot theory. Moreover, by using the symmetry enhancement criterion, we show that theories associated to all hyperboilc twist knots have surprising SU(3) symmetry enhancement which is unexpected from the 6d viewpoint.

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2018)145; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/26980

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Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2018
Journal Issue
07
Journal Page Range
p. 145
ISSN
1029-8479

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PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP07(2018)145; ARXIV:1803.04009; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:26980
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)