Topological Chern-Simons sigma model

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作者
Koh, Eunkyung [1 ]
Lee, Sangmin [2 ,3 ]
Lee, Sungjay [2 ]
机构
[1] Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Seoul 151747, South Korea
[2] Korea Inst Adv Study, Sch Phys, Seoul 130722, South Korea
[3] Sogang Univ, Ctr Quantum Space Time, Seoul 121742, South Korea
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Chern-Simons Theories; Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Topological Field Theories; Sigma Models;
D O I
10.1088/1126-6708/2009/09/122
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We consider topological twisting of recently constructed Chern-Simons-matter theories in three dimensions with N = 4 or higher supersymmetry. We enumerate physically inequivalent twistings for each N, and find two different twistings for N = 4, one for N = 5, 6, and four for N = 8. We construct the two types of N = 4 topological theories, which we call A/B-models, in full detail. The A-model has been recently studied by Kapustin and Saulina. The B-model is new and it consists solely of a Chern-Simons term of a complex gauge field up to BRST-exact terms. We also compare the new theories with topological Yang-Mills theories and find some interesting connections. In particular, the A-model seems to off er a new perspective on Casson invariant and its relation to Rozansky-Witten theory.
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