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We study generalized symmetries in a simplified arena in which the usual quantum field theories of physics are replaced with topological field theories and the smooth structure with which the symmetry groups of physics are usually endowed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-29 Ben Gripaios , Oscar Randal-Williams , Joseph Tooby-Smith

In this paper, we begin constructing a new finite-dimensional topological quantum field theory (TQFT) for three-manifolds, based on group PSL(2,C) and its action on a complex variable by fractional-linear transformations, by providing its…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-09-25 Rinat Kashaev , Igor Korepanov , Evgeniy Martyushev

In this paper we consider the representation theory of a non-standard quantization of sl(2). This paper contains several results which have applications in quantum topology, including the classification of projective indecomposable modules…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2016-06-23 Francesco Costantino , Nathan Geer , Bertrand Patureau-Mirand

We develop a systematic framework for constructing (3+1)-dimensional topological orders or topological quantum field theories (TQFTs) that realize specified anomalies of finite symmetries, as encountered in gauge theories with fermions or…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Arun Debray , Weicheng Ye , Matthew Yu

We introduce a homology theory whose Euler characteristics counts ASD bundles over four dimensional co-associative submanifolds in (almost) G_2 manifolds. As a TQFT, in relative situations, we have the Fukaya-Floer category of Lagrangians…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-18 Naichung Conan Leung

In this paper, we describe a relation between a categorical quantization construction, called "2-linearization", and extended topological quantum field theory (ETQFT). We then describe an extension of the 2-linearization process which…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2013-07-18 Jeffrey C. Morton

A new version of double field theory (DFT) is derived for the exactly solvable background of an in general left-right asymmetric WZW model in the large level limit. This generalizes the original DFT that was derived via expanding closed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-03 Ralph Blumenhagen , Falk Hassler , Dieter Lust

The purpose of this paper is twofold: 1. we prove the triangulability of smooth orbifolds with corners, generalizing the same statement for orbifolds. 2. based on 1, we propose a new homology theory. We call it geometric homology theory…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Hao Yu

We compute the structure of the cohomology ring for the quantized enveloping algebra (quantum group) $U_q$ associated to a finite-dimensional simple complex Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$. We show that the cohomology ring is generated as an…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2013-09-10 Christopher M. Drupieski

We summarize basic features of quantum field theories with discrete symmetry $\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}$ (possibly higher form, global or gauged). The classification of representations and anomalies is quite rich and involves the ring of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-01 Pavel Putrov

We introduce a formalism for constructing cohomological field theories (CohFT) out of nonlinear PDEs based on the first author's previous work (arXiv:2202.12425). We apply the formalism to the generalized Seiberg-Witten equations and show…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Shuhan Jiang , Jürgen Jost

We study conformal field theories (CFTs) and their classifications from a modern perspective based on the abstract algebraic formalism of symmetries or conserved charges, known as symmetry topological field theories (SymTFTs). By studying…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-10 Yoshiki Fukusumi , Taishi Kawamoto

We review recent results on twisted noncommutative quantum field theory by embedding it into a general framework for the quantization of systems with a twisted symmetry. We discuss commutation relations in this setting and show that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Jochen Zahn

We construct a new family, indexed by the odd integers $N\geq 1$, of $(2+1)$-dimensional quantum field theories called {\it quantum hyperbolic field theories} (QHFT), and we study its main structural properties. The QHFT are defined for…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Stephane Baseilhac , Riccardo Benedetti

Recent elegant work on the structure of Perturbative Quantum Field Theory (PQFT) has revealed an astonishing interplay between analysis(Riemann Zeta functions), topology (Knot theory), combinatorial graph theory (Feynman Diagrams) and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. I. Solomon , G. E. H. Duchamp , P. Blasiak , A. Horzela , K. A. Penson

We introduce regular stratified piecewise linear manifolds to describe lattices and investigate the lattice model approach to topological quantum field theory in all dimensions. We introduce the unitary $n+1$ alterfold TQFT and construct it…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-09-26 Zhengwei Liu

In algebraic quantum field theory the spacetime manifold is replaced by a suitable base for its topology ordered under inclusion. We explain how certain topological invariants of the manifold can be computed in terms of the base poset. We…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2012-08-22 John E. Roberts , Giuseppe Ruzzi , Ezio Vasselli

Homotopy Quantum Field Theories (HQFTs) were introduced by the second author to extend the ideas and methods of Topological Quantum Field Theories to closed $d$-manifolds endowed with extra structure in the form of homotopy classes of maps…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2008-02-11 Timothy Porter , Vladimir Turaev

In this paper, we explore the interplay between contact structures and sutured monopole Floer homology. First, we study the behavior of contact elements, which were defined by Baldwin and Sivek, under the operation of performing Floer…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-11-11 Zhenkun Li

Algebraic quantum field theory, or AQFT for short, is a rigorous analysis of the structure of relativistic quantum mechanics. It is formulated in terms of a net of operator algebras indexed by regions of a Lorentzian manifold. In several…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-11-07 H Freytes