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Poisson vertex algebras in supersymmetric field theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-11-11 v4 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

A large class of supersymmetric quantum field theories, including all theories with N=2\mathcal{N} = 2 supersymmetry in three dimensions and theories with N=2\mathcal{N} = 2 supersymmetry in four dimensions, possess topological-holomorphic sectors. We formulate Poisson vertex algebras in such topological-holomorphic sectors and discuss some examples. For a four-dimensional N=2\mathcal{N} = 2 superconformal field theory, the associated Poisson vertex algebra is the classical limit of a vertex algebra generated by a subset of local operators of the theory.

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@article{arxiv.1908.05791,
  title  = {Poisson vertex algebras in supersymmetric field theories},
  author = {Jihwan Oh and Junya Yagi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.05791},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

30 pages. v2: references added. v3: references added. v4: various improvements; section 3.5 on 3d N=2 SCFTs added; references added; published version