scholarly journals Twisted supersymmetric invariant formulation of Chern-Simons gauge theory on a lattice

2008 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Nagata ◽  
Yong-Shi Wu
2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (31) ◽  
pp. 5933-5975
Author(s):  
MU-IN PARK ◽  
YOUNG-JAI PARK

A recently proposed new gauge invariant formulation of the Chern–Simons gauge theory is considered in detail. This formulation is consistent with the gauge fixed formulation. Furthermore, it is found that the canonical (Noether) Poincaré generators are not gauge invariant even on the constraints surface and do not satisfy the Poincaré algebra contrast to usual case. It is the improved generators, constructed from the symmetric energy–momentum tensor, which are (manifestly) gauge invariant and obey the quantum as well as classical Poincaré algebra. The physical states are constructed and it is found in the Schrödinger picture that unusual gauge invariant longitudinal mode of the gauge field is crucial for constructing the physical wave-functional which is genuine to (pure) Chern–Simons theory. In matching to the gauge fixed formulation, we consider three typical gauges, Coulomb, axial and Weyl gauges as explicit examples. Furthermore, recent several confusions about the effect of Dirac's dressing function and the gauge fixings are clarified. The analysis according to old gauge independent formulation á la Dirac is summarized in an appendix.


1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (39) ◽  
pp. 3591-3600 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROSI OOGURI ◽  
NAOKI SASAKURA

It is shown that, in the three-dimensional lattice gravity defined by Ponzano and Regge, the space of physical states is isomorphic to the space of gauge-invariant functions on the moduli space of flat SU(2) connections over a two-dimensional surface, which gives physical states in the ISO(3) Chern–Simons gauge theory. To prove this, we employ the q-analogue of this model defined by Turaev and Viro as a regularization to sum over states. A recent work by Turaev suggests that the q-analogue model itself may be related to an Euclidean gravity with a cosmological constant proportional to 1/k2, where q=e2πi/(k+2).


1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (16) ◽  
pp. 1251-1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
NOUREDDINE MOHAMMEDI

We find the relationship between the Jackiw-Teitelboim model of two-dimensional gravity and the SL (2, R) induced gravity. These are shown to be related to a two-dimensional gauge theory obtained by dimensionally reducing the Chern-Simons action of the 2+1 dimensional gravity. We present an explicit solution to the equations of motion of the auxiliary field of the Jackiw-Teitelboim model in the light-cone gauge. A renormalization of the cosmological constant is also given.


2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (37) ◽  
pp. 2813-2821
Author(s):  
PATRICIO GAETE

We consider the static quantum potential for a gauge theory which includes a light massive vector field interacting with the familiar U (1) QED photon via a Chern–Simons-like coupling, by using the gauge-invariant, but path-dependent, variables formalism. An exactly screening phase is then obtained, which displays a marked departure of a qualitative nature from massive axionic electrodynamics. The above static potential profile is similar to that encountered in axionic electrodynamics consisting of a massless axion-like field, as well as to that encountered in the coupling between the familiar U (1) QED photon and a second massive gauge field living in the so-called U (1)h hidden-sector, inside a superconducting box.


Author(s):  
SERGEI GUKOV ◽  
EMIL MARTINEC ◽  
GREGORY MOORE ◽  
ANDREW STROMINGER
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1988 ◽  
Vol 01 (11n12) ◽  
pp. 455-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. POLYAKOV

We show that in (2+1) -dimensional abelian gauge theory with the Chern-Simons term in the action, charged particles reverse their statistics.


2007 ◽  
Vol 04 (08) ◽  
pp. 1239-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS CASTRO

A novel Chern–Simons E8 gauge theory of gravity in D = 15 based on an octicE8 invariant expression in D = 16 (recently constructed by Cederwall and Palmkvist) is developed. A grand unification model of gravity with the other forces is very plausible within the framework of a supersymmetric extension (to incorporate spacetime fermions) of this Chern–Simons E8 gauge theory. We review the construction showing why the ordinary 11D Chern–Simons gravity theory (based on the Anti de Sitter group) can be embedded into a Clifford-algebra valued gauge theory and that an E8 Yang–Mills field theory is a small sector of a Clifford (16) algebra gauge theory. An E8 gauge bundle formulation was instrumental in understanding the topological part of the 11-dim M-theory partition function. The nature of this 11-dim E8 gauge theory remains unknown. We hope that the Chern–Simons E8 gauge theory of gravity in D = 15 advanced in this work may shed some light into solving this problem after a dimensional reduction.


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