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Algebraic quantum field theory is considered from the perspective of the Hochschild cohomology bicomplex. This is a framework for studying deformations and symmetries. Deformation is a possible approach to the fundamental challenge of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-12-19 Eli Hawkins

We describe a class of (2,2) superconformal field theories obtained by fibering a Landau-Ginzburg orbifold CFT over a compact Kaehler base manifold. While such models are naturally obtained as phases in a gauged linear sigma model, our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Marco Bertolini , Ilarion V. Melnikov , M. Ronen Plesser

We provide a concise approach to generalized dilaton theories with and without torsion and coupling to Yang-Mills fields. Transformations on the space of fields are used to trivialize the field equations locally. In this way their solution…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 T. Kloesch , T. Strobl

I articulate and discuss a geometrical interpretation of Yang-Mills theory. Analogies and disanalogies between Yang-Mills theory and general relativity are also considered.

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 James Owen Weatherall

Quantum deformations of sets of points of the real and the complexified projective line are constructed. These deformations depend on the deformation parameter q and certain further parameters \lambda_{ij}. The deformations for which the…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Frank Leitenberger

In this paper we show how hypercomplex function theoretical objects can be used to construct explicitly self-dual SU(2)-Yang-Mills instanton solutions on certain classes of conformally flat 4-manifolds. We use a hypercomplex argument…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2013-10-02 Rolf Soeren Krausshar , Jürgen Tolksdorf

Conformal field theory finds applications across diverse fields, from statistical systems at criticality to quantum gravity through the AdS/CFT correspondence. These theories are subject to strong constraints, enabling a systematic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-22 Julien Barrat

This work concludes a series of four papers on the foundational theory of orbifolds and stacks. We apply the abstract theory, developed in its predecessors, to orbifolds derived from manifolds. Specifically, we show how the very concrete…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Paul Feit

Consider a d-dimensional quantum field theory (QFT) $\mathfrak{T}$, with a generalized symmetry $\mathcal{S}$, which may or may not be invertible. We study the action of $\mathcal{S}$ on generalized or $q$-charges, i.e. $q$-dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-15 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

These lecture notes introduce conifold transitions between complex threefolds with trivial canonical bundle from the differential geometric point of view, and with a particular view towards aspects of mathematical physics and string theory.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Tristan C. Collins

This note describes the functional-integral quantization of two-dimensional topological field theories together with applications to problems in deformation quantization of Poisson manifolds and reduction of certain submanifolds. A brief…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Alberto S. Cattaneo

We give detailed exposition of modern differential geometry from global coordinate independent point of view as well as local coordinate description suited for actual computations. In introduction, we consider Euclidean spaces and different…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-01-26 M. O. Katanaev

All deformations of two dimensional centrally extended Galilei group are classified. The corresponding quantum Lie algebras are found.

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2011-09-22 Anna Opanowicz

A new topological conformal field theory in four Euclidean dimensions is constructed from N=4 super Yang-Mills theory by twisting the whole of the conformal group with the whole of the R-symmetry group, resulting in a theory that is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Paul de Medeiros , Jose Figueroa-O'Farrill , Christopher Hull , Bill Spence

We use geometric ideas coming from certain classic algebraic constructions to associate, to every classical field theory, a symmetric monoidal double functor from the double category of cobordisms with corners to a certain symmetric…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2018-12-04 Juan Orendain

Quantum universal enveloping algebras, quantum elliptic algebras and double (deformed) Yangians provide fundamental algebraic structures relevant for many integrable systems. They are described in the FRT formalism by R-matrices which are…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 L. Frappat

The theory of Poisson-$\sigma$-models employs the mathematical notion of Poisson manifolds to formulate and analyze a large class of topological and almost topological two dimensional field theories. As special examples this class of field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Peter Schaller , Thomas Strobl

The elliptic genus for arbitrary two dimensional $N=2$ Landau-Ginzburg orbifolds is computed. This is used to search for possible mirror pairs of such models. An important aspect of this work is that there is no restriction to theories for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Berglund , M. Henningson

We describe the mathematical theory of topological quantum computing with symmetry defects in the language of fusion categories and unitary representations. Symmetry defects together with anyons are modeled by G-crossed braided extensions…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2018-11-07 Colleen Delaney , Zhenghan Wang

We review the basic elements of the geometrical formalism for description of gauge fields and the theory of invariant connections, and their applications to the coset space dimensional reduction of Yang-Mills theories. We also discuss the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yuri A. Kubyshin