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On the twisted G/H topological models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-09-29 v1

Abstract

The twisted G/H models are constructed as twisted supersymmetric gauged WZW models. We analyze the case of G=SU(N)G=SU(N), H=SU(N1)×...×SU(Nn)×U(1)rH=SU(N_1)\times ...\times SU(N_n)\times U(1)^r with rank G= rank Hrank\ G =\ rank\ H, and discuss possible generalizations. We introduce a non-abelian bosonization of the (1,0)(1,0) ghost system in the adjoint of HH and in G/H. By computing chiral anomalies in the latter picture we write the quantum action as a decoupled sum of ``matter", gauge and ghost sectors. The action is also derived in the unbosonized version. We invoke a free field parametrization and extract the space of physical states by computing the cohomology of QQ , the sum of the BRST gauge-fixing charge and the twisted supersymmetry charge. For a given GG we briefly discuss the relation between the various G/H models corresponding to different choices of HH. The choice H=GH=G corresponds to the topological G/G theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9208040,
  title  = {On the twisted G/H topological models},
  author = {O. Aharony and O. Ganor and J. Sonnenschein and S. Yankielowicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9208040},
  year   = {2009}
}

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27 pages

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