scholarly journals Mirror symmetry and mixed Chern-Simons levels for Abelian 3D N=2 theories

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Chern Simons

QFT, STRINGS AND LOW-DIMENSIONAL TOPOLOGY

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (35) ◽  
pp. 2289-2295
Author(s):  
HU SEN
Keyword(s):  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Theoretical Physics ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Low Dimensional Topology ◽  
Witten Theory ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Jones Polynomials ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Low Dimensional ◽  
Chern Simons

In between the 80's and 90's we witnessed deep interactions between mathematics and theoretical physics, especially in the understanding of low-dimensional topology in terms of quantum field theory. For example, Jones polynomials (Chern–Simons–Witten theory), Donaldson and Seiberg–Witten invariants (SUSY Yang–Mills theory) and mirror symmetry (T duality in strings) are all naturally understood in terms of QFT and strings. Recent developments indicate a close relationship between gauge theory and gravity theory both in physics and in low-dimensional topology. We shall survey these developments and report some of our work. We shall also find that the keys to connect geometric and physical objects are through symmetry and quantization.

scholarly journals Disk Instantons, Mirror Symmetry and the Duality Web

2002 ◽  
Vol 57 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Aganagic ◽  
Albrecht Klemm ◽  
Cumrun Vafa
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Lagrangian Submanifolds ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Boundary Theory ◽  
Large N ◽  
M Theory ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Chern Simons Theory ◽  
Flat Coordinates

AbstractWe apply the methods recently developed for computation of type IIA disk instantons using mirror symmetry to a large class of D-branes wrapped over Lagrangian cycles of non-compact Calabi-Yau 3-folds. Along the way we clarify the notion of “flat coordinates” for the boundary theory. We also discover an integer IR ambiguity needed to define the quantum theory of D-branes wrapped over non-compact Lagrangian submanifolds. In the large N dual Chern-Simons theory, this ambiguity is mapped to the UV choice of the framing of the knot. In a type IIB dual description involving (p; q) 5-branes, disk instantons of type IIA get mapped to (p; q) string instantons. The M-theory lift of these results lead to computation of superpotential terms generated by M2 brane instantons wrapped over 3-cycles of certain manifolds of G2 holonomy.

scholarly journals PLANAR HOMOLOGICAL MIRROR SYMMETRY

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (29) ◽  
pp. 5351-5368 ◽  
Author(s):  
EIJI KONISHI
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Associative Algebra ◽  
String Field Theory ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Open String ◽  
Homological Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Chern Simons

In this paper, we formulate a planar limited version of the B-side in homological mirror symmetry that formularizes Chern–Simons-type topological open string field theory using homotopy associative algebra (A∞ algebra). This formulation is based on the works by Dijkgraaf and Vafa. We show that our formularization includes gravity/gauge theory correspondence which originates in the AdS/CFT duality of Dijkgraaf–Vafa theory.

scholarly journals Disk Instantons, Mirror Symmetry and the Duality Web

2002 ◽  
Vol 57 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Aganagic ◽  
Albrecht Klemm ◽  
Cumrun Vafa
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Lagrangian Submanifolds ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Boundary Theory ◽  
Large N ◽  
M Theory ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Chern Simons Theory ◽  
Flat Coordinates

We apply the methods recently developed for computation of type IIA disk instantons using mirror symmetry to a large class of D-branes wrapped over Lagrangian cycles of non-compact Calabi-Yau 3-folds. Along the way we clarify the notion of “flat coordinates” for the boundary theory. We also discover an integer IR ambiguity needed to define the quantum theory of D-branes wrapped over non-compact Lagrangian submanifolds. In the large N dual Chern-Simons theory, this ambiguity is mapped to the UV choice of the framing of the knot. In a type IIB dual description involving (p; q) 5-branes, disk instantons of type IIA get mapped to (p; q) string instantons. The M-theory lift of these results lead to computation of superpotential terms generated by M2 brane instantons wrapped over 3-cycles of certain manifolds of G2 holonomy

High Resolution Electron Microscopy of internal interfaces in layered materials

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 320-321
Author(s):  
Yoichi Ishida ◽  
Hideki Ichinose ◽  
Yutaka Takahashi ◽  
Jin-yeh Wang
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Layered Materials ◽  
Plane Boundary ◽  
Chemical Information ◽  
Layer Plane ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Cubic Metals

Layered materials draw attention in recent years in response to the world-wide drive to discover new functional materials. High-Tc superconducting oxide is one example. Internal interfaces in such layered materials differ significantly from those of cubic metals. They are often parallel to the layer of the neighboring crystals in sintered samples(layer plane boundary), while periodically ordered interfaces with the two neighboring crystals in mirror symmetry to each other are relatively rare. Consequently, the atomistic features of the interface differ significantly from those of cubic metals. In this paper grain boundaries in sintered high-Tc superconducting oxides, joined interfaces between engineering ceramics with metals, and polytype interfaces in vapor-deposited bicrystal are examined to collect atomic information of the interfaces in layered materials. The analysis proved that they are not neccessarily more complicated than that of simple grain boundaries in cubic metals. The interfaces are majorly layer plane type which is parallel to the compound layer. Secondly, chemical information is often available, which helps the interpretation of the interface atomic structure.

The limits of strain and lattice parameter measurements by CBED

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 518-519
Author(s):  
Hamish L. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Local Symmetry ◽  
Lattice Parameter ◽  
Growth Direction ◽  
Surface Relaxation ◽  
Strained Layer ◽  
Axis Parallel ◽  
Local Lattice ◽  
Strained Layer Superlattice

The topic of strain and lattice parameter measurements using CBED is discussed by reference to several examples. In this paper, only one of these examples is referenced because of the limitation of length. In this technique, scattering in the higher order Laue zones is used to determine local lattice parameters. Work (e.g. 1) has concentrated on a model strained-layer superlattice, namely Si/Gex-Si1-x. In bulk samples, the strain is expected to be tetragonal in nature with the unique axis parallel to [100], the growth direction. When CBED patterns are recorded from the alloy epi-layers, the symmetries exhibited by the patterns are not tetragonal, but are in fact distorted from this to lower symmetries. The spatial variation of the distortion close to a strained-layer interface has been assessed. This is most readily noted by consideration of Fig. 1(a-c), which show enlargements of CBED patterns for various locations and compositions of Ge. Thus, Fig. 1(a) was obtained with the electron beam positioned in the center of a 5Ge epilayer and the distortion is consistent with an orthorhombic distortion. When the beam is situated at about 150 nm from the interface, the same part of the CBED pattern is shown in Fig. 1(b); clearly, the symmetry exhibited by the mirror planes in Fig. 1 is broken. Finally, when the electron beam is positioned in the center of a 10Ge epilayer, the CBED pattern yields the result shown in Fig. 1(c). In this case, the break in the mirror symmetry is independent of distance form the heterointerface, as might be expected from the increase in the mismatch between 5 and 10%Ge, i.e. 0.2 to 0.4%, respectively. From computer simulation, Fig.2, the apparent monocline distortion corresponding to the 5Ge epilayer is quantified as a100 = 0.5443 nm, a010 = 0.5429 nm and a001 = 0.5440 nm (all ± 0.0001 nm), and α = β = 90°, γ = 89.96 ± 0.02°. These local symmetry changes are most likely due to surface relaxation phenomena.

Structural Transformation of a Germanium Σ=13 (510) [001] Tilt Grain Boundary under the Electron Beam

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Rouvière ◽  
Alain Bourret
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Structural Transformations ◽  
Covalent Bonds ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Tilt Grain Boundary

The possible structural transformations during the sample preparations and the sample observations are important issues in electron microscopy. Several publications of High Resolution Electron Microscopy (HREM) have reported that structural transformations and evaporation of the thin parts of a specimen could happen in the microscope. Diffusion and preferential etchings could also occur during the sample preparation.Here we report a structural transformation of a germanium Σ=13 (510) [001] tilt grain boundary that occurred in a medium-voltage electron microscopy (JEOL 400KV).Among the different (001) tilt grain boundaries whose atomic structures were entirely determined by High Resolution Electron Microscopy (Σ = 5(310), Σ = 13 (320), Σ = 13 (510), Σ = 65 (1130), Σ = 25 (710) and Σ = 41 (910), the Σ = 13 (510) interface is the most interesting. It exhibits two kinds of structures. One of them, the M-structure, has tetracoordinated covalent bonds and is periodic (fig. 1). The other, the U-structure, is also tetracoordinated but is not strictly periodic (fig. 2). It is composed of a periodically repeated constant part that separates variable cores where some atoms can have several stable positions. The M-structure has a mirror glide symmetry. At Scherzer defocus, its HREM images have characteristic groups of three big white dots that are distributed on alternatively facing right and left arcs (fig. 1). The (001) projection of the U-structure has an apparent mirror symmetry, the portions of good coincidence zones (“perfect crystal structure”) regularly separate the variable cores regions (fig. 2).

Chern-Simons theory for electrons in high Landau levels

1999 ◽  
Vol 09 (PR10) ◽  
pp. Pr10-223-Pr10-225
Author(s):  
S. Scheidl ◽  
B. Rosenow
Keyword(s):  
Landau Levels ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Chern Simons Theory

Correlational Methods for Analysis of Dance Movements

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (supplement) ◽  
pp. 283-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy R. Brick ◽  
Steven M. Boker
Keyword(s):  
Motion Capture ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Cross Correlation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Motion Capture Data ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Dance Movements ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Insight Into

Among the qualities that distinguish dance from other types of human behavior and interaction are the creation and breaking of synchrony and symmetry. The combination of symmetry and synchrony can provide complex interactions. For example, two dancers might make very different movements, slowing each time the other sped up: a mirror symmetry of velocity. Examining patterns of synchrony and symmetry can provide insight into both the artistic nature of the dance, and the nature of the perceptions and responses of the dancers. However, such complex symmetries are often difficult to quantify. This paper presents three methods – Generalized Local Linear Approximation, Time-lagged Autocorrelation, and Windowed Cross-correlation – for the exploration of symmetry and synchrony in motion-capture data as is it applied to dance and illustrate these with examples from a study of free-form dance. Combined, these techniques provide powerful tools for the examination of the structure of symmetry and synchrony in dance.

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