scholarly journals Aspects of gauge/string dualities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Stefano Speziali
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Black Hole Physics ◽  
Broad Class ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Linking Numbers ◽  
String Dualities ◽  
Chern Simons

In this thesis we investigate on the role that dualities play nowadays in our under-standing of string and Quantum Field Theories.The first part is devoted to holographic dualities, where the case of the string dual of certain one-, two- and four dimensional field theories is explored in detail. We begin in Chapter 1 by discussing the holographic dual of a broad class of four-dimensional field theories. We specialise to the case of quiver field theories where a number of formulas computing charges, number of branes and Linking Numbers are given. We then introduce marginal deformations in the supergravity backgrounds to uncover infinite new families of solutions to type II supergravity and M-theory. In Chapter 2, we discuss spin 2 fluctuations around a class of warped AdS3 backgrounds. We identify explicitly the dual operators of a given protected sector. Also, a formula for the central charge of the dual two-dimensional field theories is derived. In Chapter 3, we introduce two new classes of geometries with an AdS2 factor. We outline the importance to black hole physics and in one case give a prescription for the dual field theories.The second part is devoted to QFT/QFT dualities in Chern-Simons theories, and how dualities between Chern-Simons theories in three dimensions can be motivated in string theory. It is found that a known duality between three-dimensional Chern-Simons theories with unitary gauge symmetry can be motivated by a brane setup in Type 0B string theory with an orientifold. In particular, the phase diagram of unitary QCD3 is inferred from a dual theory.

scholarly journals Free partition functions and an averaged holographic duality

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nima Afkhami-Jeddi ◽  
Henry Cohn ◽  
Thomas Hartman ◽  
Amirhossein Tajdini
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Spectral Gap ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
General Constraints ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
Holographic Duality

Abstract We study the torus partition functions of free bosonic CFTs in two dimensions. Integrating over Narain moduli defines an ensemble-averaged free CFT. We calculate the averaged partition function and show that it can be reinterpreted as a sum over topologies in three dimensions. This result leads us to conjecture that an averaged free CFT in two dimensions is holographically dual to an exotic theory of three-dimensional gravity with U(1)c×U(1)c symmetry and a composite boundary graviton. Additionally, for small central charge c, we obtain general constraints on the spectral gap of free CFTs using the spinning modular bootstrap, construct examples of Narain compactifications with a large gap, and find an analytic bootstrap functional corresponding to a single self-dual boson.

scholarly journals THE ζ FUNCTION ANSWER TO PARITY VIOLATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL GAUGE THEORIES

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 2643-2660 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.E. GAMBOA SARAVÍ ◽  
G.L. ROSSINI ◽  
F.A. SCHAPOSNIK
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Field ◽  
Parity Violation ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Mass Term ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Fermion Current ◽  
Arbitrary Gauge

We study parity violation in (2+1)-dimensional gauge theories coupled to massive fermions. Using the ζ function regularization approach we evaluate the ground state fermion current in an arbitrary gauge field background, showing that it gets two different contributions which violate parity invariance and induce a Chern–Simons term in the gauge field effective action. One is related to the well-known classical parity breaking produced by a fermion mass term in three dimensions; the other, already present for massless fermions, is related to peculiarities of gauge-invariant regularization in odd-dimensional spaces.

scholarly journals Towards Noncommutative Linking Numbers via the Seiberg-Witten Map

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
H. García-Compeán ◽  
O. Obregón ◽  
R. Santos-Silva
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Dimensional Manifold ◽  
First Order ◽  
Linking Number ◽  
Linking Numbers ◽  
Bohm Effect ◽  
Aharonov Bohm ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Noncommutative Parameter

Some geometric and topological implications of noncommutative Wilson loops are explored via the Seiberg-Witten map. In the abelian Chern-Simons theory on a three-dimensional manifold, it is shown that the effect of noncommutativity is the appearance of6nnew knots at thenth order of the Seiberg-Witten expansion. These knots are trivial homology cycles which are Poincaré dual to the higher-order Seiberg-Witten potentials. Moreover the linking number of a standard 1-cycle with the Poincaré dual of the gauge field is shown to be written as an expansion of the linking number of this 1-cycle with the Poincaré dual of the Seiberg-Witten gauge fields. In the process we explicitly compute the noncommutative “Jones-Witten” invariants up to first order in the noncommutative parameter. Finally in order to exhibit a physical example, we apply these ideas explicitly to the Aharonov-Bohm effect. It is explicitly displayed at first order in the noncommutative parameter; we also show the relation to the noncommutative Landau levels.

scholarly journals Exceptional Chern-Simons-Matter dualities

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clay Cordova ◽  
Po-Shen Hsin ◽  
Kantaro Ohmori
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Topological Field Theories ◽  
Time Reversal ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Chiral Algebra ◽  
Gauge Groups ◽  
Topological Field ◽  
Conformal Embeddings ◽  
Chern Simons

We use conformal embeddings involving exceptional affine Kac-Moody algebras to derive new dualities of three-dimensional topological field theories. These generalize the familiar level-rank duality of Chern-Simons theories based on classical gauge groups to the setting of exceptional gauge groups. For instance, one duality sequence we discuss is (E_{N})_{1}\leftrightarrow SU(9-N)_{-1}(EN)1↔SU(9−N)−1. Others such as SO(3)_{8}\leftrightarrow PSU(3)_{-6},SO(3)8↔PSU(3)−6, are dualities among theories with classical gauge groups that arise due to their embedding into an exceptional chiral algebra. We apply these equivalences between topological field theories to conjecture new boson-boson Chern-Simons-matter dualities. We also use them to determine candidate phase diagrams of time-reversal invariant G_{2}G2 gauge theory coupled to either an adjoint fermion, or two fundamental fermions.

scholarly journals Finding AdS5 × S5 in 2+1 dimensional SCFT physics

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Van Raamsdonk ◽  
Chris Waddell
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
The Other ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Asymptotic Region ◽  
Superconformal Field Theories ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
The World ◽  
Type Iib String Theory ◽  
Dual Geometries

Abstract We study solutions of type IIB string theory dual to $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on half of ℝ3,1 coupled to holographic three-dimensional superconformal field theories (SCFTs) at the edge of this half-space. The dual geometries are asymptotically AdS5×S5 with boundary geometry ℝ2,1×ℝ+, with a geometrical end-of-the-world (ETW) brane cutting off the other half of the asymptotic region of the would-be Poincaré AdS5×S5. We show that by choosing the 3D SCFT appropriately, this ETW brane can be pushed arbitrarily far towards the missing asymptotic region, recovering the “missing” half of Poincaré AdS5×S5. We also show that there are 3D SCFTs whose dual includes a wedge of Poincaré AdS5×S5 with an angle arbitrarily close to π, with geometrical ETW branes on either side.

scholarly journals GENERALIZED ABELIAN CHERN-SIMONS THEORIES AND THEIR CONNECTION TO CONFORMAL FIELD THEORIES

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (19) ◽  
pp. 4477-4486 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO A.C. KNEIPP
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Magnetic Monopoles ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Vertex Operators ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Integral Lattice ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Free Scalar ◽  
Chern Simons

We discuss the generalization of Abelian Chern-Simons theories when θ-angles and magnetic monopoles are included. We map these three dimensional theories into sectors of two-dimensional conformal field theories. The introduction of θ-angles allows us to establish in a consistent fashion a connection between Abelian Chern-Simons and 2-d free scalar field compactified on a noneven integral lattice. The Abelian Chern-Simons with magnetic monopoles is related to a conformal field theory in which the sum of the charges of the chiral vertex operators inside a correlator is different from zero.

scholarly journals CHERN–SIMONS GAUGE THEORY COUPLED WITH BF THEORY

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 2689-2702 ◽  
Author(s):  
NORIAKI IKEDA
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Gauge Symmetry ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Topological Field Theory ◽  
Courant Algebroid ◽  
Bf Theory ◽  
Interaction Terms ◽  
Topological Field ◽  
Chern Simons

We couple three-dimensional Chern–Simons gauge theory with BF theory and study deformations of the theory by means of the antifield BRST formalism. We analyze all possible consistent interaction terms for the action under physical requirements and find a new topological field theory in three dimensions with new nontrivial terms and a nontrivial gauge symmetry. We analyze the gauge symmetry of the theory and point out the theory that has the gauge symmetry based on the Courant algebroid.

THE CHERN–SIMONS TERM AND THE DYNAMICS OF THE CPn−1 MODEL IN THREE DIMENSIONS

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 619-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. ABDALLA ◽  
F. M. DE CARVALHO
Keyword(s):  
Phase Structure ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Rich Phase ◽  
Large N ◽  
Dimensional Space Time ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Three Dimensional Space

We analyze the phase structure of the CPn−1 model in three-dimensional space–time coupled to fermions, paying special attention to the role played by the Chern–Simons term generated by the fermions. A rich phase structure arises from the large-n expansion.

scholarly journals THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOPOLOGICAL FIELD THEORIES AND STRINGS

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 171-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. CARLIP ◽  
I. KOGAN
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Topological Field Theories ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
The Status ◽  
Topological Field ◽  
Topological Fields

We discuss the status of the program to reformulate string theory as a theory of topological fields and gravity in 3 dimensions.

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