A taxonomy of twists of supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory

被引:10
作者
Elliott, Chris [1 ]
Safronov, Pavel [2 ]
Williams, Brian R. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Math & Stat, 710 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
[2] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Math, Peter Guthrie Tait Rd, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, Midlothian, Scotland
来源
SELECTA MATHEMATICA-NEW SERIES | 2022年 / 28卷 / 04期
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 欧洲研究理事会; 瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
GAUGE-THEORIES; FIELD-THEORIES; MODELS; DIMENSIONS; DUALITY;
D O I
10.1007/s00029-022-00786-y
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
We give a complete classification of twists of supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories in dimensions 2 <= n <= 10. We formulate supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory classically using the BV formalism, and then we construct an action of the supersymmetry algebra using the language of L-infinity algebras. For each orbit in the space of square-zero supercharges in the supersymmetry algebra, under the action of the spin group and the group of R-symmetries, we give a description of the corresponding twisted theory. These twists can be described in terms of mixed holomorphic-topological versions of Chern-Simons and BF theory.
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