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$\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric field theories on 3-manifolds with A-type boundaries

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-08-24 v1

Abstract

General half-BPS A-type boundary conditions are formulated for N=2 supersymmetric field theories on compact 3-manifolds with boundary. We observe that under suitable conditions manifolds of the real A-type admitting two complex supersymmetries (related by charge conjugation) possess, besides a contact structure, a natural integrable toric foliation. A boundary, or a general co-dimension-1 defect, can be inserted along any leaf of this preferred foliation to produce manifolds with boundary that have the topology of a solid torus. We show that supersymmetric field theories on such manifolds can be endowed with half-BPS A-type boundary conditions. We specify the natural curved space generalization of the A-type projection of bulk supersymmetries and analyze the resulting A-type boundary conditions in generic 3d non-linear sigma models and YM/CS-matter theories.

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@article{arxiv.1604.01561,
  title  = {$\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric field theories on 3-manifolds with A-type boundaries},
  author = {Francesco Aprile and Vasilis Niarchos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.01561},
  year   = {2016}
}

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