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Non-hyperbolic 3-manifolds and bulk field theories for supersymmetric/$W_N$ minimal models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-11-07 v1

Abstract

Building on the work of Gang, Kang, and Kim arXiv:2405.16377, we propose 3D bulk dual field theories for 2D N=1\mathcal{N}=1 supersymmetric minimal models SM(P,Q)SM(P, Q) and WNW_{N} algebra minimal models WN(P,Q)W_{N}(P, Q). We associate to SM(P,Q)SM(P, Q) a Seifert fibered space S2((P,PR),(Q,S),(3,1))S^2((P,P-R),(Q,S),(3,1)) with PSQR=2PS-QR=2, and for WN(P,Q)W_{N}(P, Q) a Seifert fibered space S2((P,PR),(Q,S),(N+1,2N1))S^2((P,P{-}R),(Q,S),(N{+}1,-2N{-}1)) with PSQR=1PS-QR=1, and realize the bulk theory via the 3D-3D correspondence. For the unitary series, the bulk theory flows in the IR to a gapped phase which, under suitable boundary conditions, supports the unitary chiral minimal model on the boundary. For the non-unitary series, the bulk theory flows to the 3D N=4\mathcal{N}=4 superconformal field theory whose topological twist yields a non-unitary topological field theory supporting the non-unitary chiral minimal model on the boundary under appropriate boundary conditions. We also propose UV gauge theory descriptions of the bulk theories obtained by gluing T[SU(n)]T[SU(n)] building blocks. For SM(P,Q)SM(P, Q), we provide non-trivial consistency checks -- matching between various bulk partition functions and boundary conformal data -- while for WN(P,Q)W_N(P, Q), we present preliminary checks and leave further consistency checks for future work.

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@article{arxiv.2511.04524,
  title  = {Non-hyperbolic 3-manifolds and bulk field theories for supersymmetric/$W_N$ minimal models},
  author = {Seungjoo Baek and Heesu Kang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.04524},
  year   = {2025}
}

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