Published April 21, 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

Comments on global symmetries, anomalies, and duality in (2+1)d

  • 1. SISSA & INFN,via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste (Italy)
  • 2. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study,Princeton, NJ 08540 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Princeton University,Princeton, NJ 08544 (United States)

Description

We analyze in detail the global symmetries of various (2+1)d quantum field theories and couple them to classical background gauge fields. A proper identification of the global symmetries allows us to consider all non-trivial bundles of those background fields, thus finding more subtle observables. The global symmetries exhibit interesting 't Hooft anomalies. These allow us to constrain the IR behavior of the theories and provide powerful constraints on conjectured dualities.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2017)135; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/19833

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2017
Journal Issue
04
Journal Page Range
p. 135
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49011920
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; DUALITY; GAUGE INVARIANCE; INFRARED DIVERGENCES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE-TIME; STRING THEORY; SYMMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; M-THEORY

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Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP04(2017)135; ARXIV:1702.07035; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:19833
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)