Q-operators are 't Hooft lines
High Energy Physics - Theory
2021-03-03 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Algebra
Abstract
We study 't Hooft lines in four-dimensional holomorphic-topological Chern-Simons theory. We relate them to Q-operators in the theory of integrable systems. We give a physical interpretation of the fundamental TQ and QQ relations satisfied by Q-operators and conventional transfer matrices.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2103.01835,
title = {Q-operators are 't Hooft lines},
author = {Kevin Costello and Davide Gaiotto and Junya Yagi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.01835},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
79 pages, 6 figures