scholarly journals Uq(N) GAUGE THEORIES

1994 ◽  
Vol 09 (30) ◽  
pp. 2835-2847 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEONARDO CASTELLANI
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Groups ◽  
Differential Calculus ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Commutation Relations ◽  
Transformation Rules ◽  
Field Strengths

Improving on an earlier proposal, we construct the gauge theories of the quantum groups U q(N). We find that these theories are also consistent with an ordinary (commuting) space-time. The bicovariance conditions of the quantum differential calculus are essential in our construction. The gauge potentials and the field strengths are q-commuting "fields," and satisfy q-commutation relations with the gauge parameters. The transformation rules of the potentials generalize the ordinary infinitesimal gauge variations. For particular deformations of U (N) ("minimal deformations"), the algebra of quantum gauge variations is shown to close, provided the gauge parameters satisfy appropriate q-commutations. The q-Lagrangian invariant under the U q(N) variations has the Yang–Mills form [Formula: see text], the "quantum metric" gij being a generalization of the Killing metric.

scholarly journals AN INTRODUCTION TO NONCOMMUTATIVE DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY ON QUANTUM GROUPS

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (10) ◽  
pp. 1667-1706 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAOLO ASCHIERI ◽  
LEONARDO CASTELLANI
Keyword(s):  
Differential Geometry ◽  
Quantum Group ◽  
Explicit Form ◽  
Quantum Groups ◽  
Differential Calculus ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Classical Case ◽  
Contraction Operator ◽  
Lie Derivative ◽  
Tensor Fields

We give a pedagogical introduction to the differential calculus on quantum groups by stressing at all stages the connection with the classical case (q→1 limit). The Lie derivative and the contraction operator on forms and tensor fields are found. A new, explicit form of the Cartan-Maurer equations is presented. The example of a bicovariant differential calculus on the quantum group GL q(2) is given in detail. The softening of a quantum group is considered, and we introduce q curvatures satisfying q Bianchi identities, a basic ingredient for the construction of q gravity and q gauge theories.

NONRENORMALIZATION THEOREMS OF CHIRAL ANOMALIES AND FINITENESS IN SUPERSYMMETRIC YANG-MILLS THEORIES

1986 ◽  
Vol 01 (04) ◽  
pp. 913-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. PIGUET ◽  
K. SIBOLD
Keyword(s):  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Gauge Group ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge Theories ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge

We prove a generalized nonrenormalization theorem for U(1) axial anomalies in rigid N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories in 4 space-time dimensions. The theorem implies one-loop criteria for β-functions vanishing to all orders of perturbation theory. The criteria are applicable to all N=1 theories with simple gauge group.

scholarly journals ASPECTS OF THE q-DEFORMED FUZZY SPHERE

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (04n06) ◽  
pp. 361-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAROLD STEINACKER
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Group ◽  
Differential Calculus ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Real Structure ◽  
Fuzzy Sphere ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Chern Simons

These notes are a short review of the q-deformed fuzzy sphere [Formula: see text], which is a "finite" noncommutative two-sphere covariant under the quantum group U q( su (2)). We discuss its real structure, differential calculus and integration for both real q and q a phase, and show how actions for Yang–Mills and Chern–Simons-like gauge theories arise naturally. It is related to D-branes on the SU (2)k WZW model for [Formula: see text].

Geometry and Quantum Dynamics

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Baulieu ◽  
John Iliopoulos ◽  
Roland Sénéor
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Quantum Dynamics ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Brst Symmetry ◽  
Abelian Gauge ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
History Of ◽  
Brst Invariance

A geometrical derivation of Abelian and non- Abelian gauge theories. The Faddeev–Popov quantisation. BRST invariance and ghost fields. General discussion of BRST symmetry. Application to Yang–Mills theories and general relativity. A brief history of gauge theories.

scholarly journals Cohomological localization of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 gauge theories with matter

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Festuccia ◽  
Anastasios Gorantis ◽  
Antonio Pittelli ◽  
Konstantina Polydorou ◽  
Lorenzo Ruggeri
Keyword(s):  
Vector Field ◽  
Extended Supersymmetry ◽  
General Framework ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Killing Vector ◽  
Killing Vector Field ◽  
Explicit Result ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Self Duality ◽  
Witten Theory

Abstract We construct a large class of gauge theories with extended supersymmetry on four-dimensional manifolds with a Killing vector field and isolated fixed points. We extend previous results limited to super Yang-Mills theory to general $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 gauge theories including hypermultiplets. We present a general framework encompassing equivariant Donaldson-Witten theory and Pestun’s theory on S4 as two particular cases. This is achieved by expressing fields in cohomological variables, whose features are dictated by supersymmetry and require a generalized notion of self-duality for two-forms and of chirality for spinors. Finally, we implement localization techniques to compute the exact partition function of the cohomological theories we built up and write the explicit result for manifolds with diverse topologies.

scholarly journals Two-loop rational terms in Yang-Mills theories

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Nicolas Lang ◽  
Stefano Pozzorini ◽  
Hantian Zhang ◽  
Max F. Zoller
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
A Posteriori ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
General Properties ◽  
Finite Set ◽  
Numerical Tools ◽  
Loop Amplitudes

Abstract Scattering amplitudes in D dimensions involve particular terms that originate from the interplay of UV poles with the (D − 4)-dimensional parts of loop numerators. Such contributions can be controlled through a finite set of process-independent rational counterterms, which make it possible to compute loop amplitudes with numerical tools that construct the loop numerators in four dimensions. Building on a recent study [1] of the general properties of two-loop rational counterterms, in this paper we investigate their dependence on the choice of renormalisation scheme. We identify a nontrivial form of scheme dependence, which originates from the interplay of mass and field renormalisation with the (D−4)-dimensional parts of loop numerators, and we show that it can be controlled through a new kind of one-loop counterterms. This guarantees that the two-loop rational counterterms for a given renormalisable theory can be derived once and for all in terms of generic renormalisation constants, which can be adapted a posteriori to any scheme. Using this approach, we present the first calculation of the full set of two-loop rational counterterms in Yang-Mills theories. The results are applicable to SU(N) and U(1) gauge theories coupled to nf fermions with arbitrary masses.

scholarly journals Flat self-dual gravity

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirill Krasnov ◽  
Evgeny Skvortsov
Keyword(s):  
Light Cone ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Kinetic Term ◽  
Light Cone Gauge ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Covariant Action ◽  
Chiral Interaction ◽  
Double Copy

Abstract We construct a new covariant action for “flat” self-dual gravity in four space-time dimensions. The action has just one term, but when expanded around an appropriate background gives rise to a kinetic term and a cubic interaction. Upon imposing the light-cone gauge, the action reproduces the expected chiral interaction of Siegel. The new action is in many ways analogous to the known covariant action for self-dual Yang-Mills theory. There is also a sense in which the new self-dual gravity action exhibits the double copy of self-dual Yang-Mills structure.

scholarly journals Local G2-manifolds, Higgs bundles and a colored quantum mechanics

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Hübner
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Higgs Bundle ◽  
Higgs Bundles ◽  
View Point ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
G2 Manifolds ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge ◽  
M Theory

Abstract M-theory on local G2-manifolds engineers 4d minimally supersymmetric gauge theories. We consider ALE-fibered G2-manifolds and study the 4d physics from the view point of a partially twisted 7d supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and its Higgs bundle. Euclidean M2-brane instantons descend to non-perturbative effects of the 7d supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, which are found to be in one to one correspondence with the instantons of a colored supersymmetric quantum mechanics. We compute the contributions of M2-brane instantons to the 4d superpotential in the effective 7d description via localization in the colored quantum mechanics. Further we consider non-split Higgs bundles and analyze their 4d spectrum.

scholarly journals On gauge independence for gauge models with soft breaking of BRST symmetry

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (30) ◽  
pp. 1450184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Reshetnyak
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Brst Symmetry ◽  
Landau Gauge ◽  
Functional Integral ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Gauge Models ◽  
S Matrix ◽  
Gauge Fixing ◽  
Dependent Parameter ◽  
Quantum Treatment

A consistent quantum treatment of general gauge theories with an arbitrary gauge-fixing in the presence of soft breaking of the BRST symmetry in the field–antifield formalism is developed. It is based on a gauged (involving a field-dependent parameter) version of finite BRST transformations. The prescription allows one to restore the gauge-independence of the effective action at its extremals and therefore also that of the conventional S-matrix for a theory with BRST-breaking terms being additively introduced into a BRST-invariant action in order to achieve a consistency of the functional integral. We demonstrate the applicability of this prescription within the approach of functional renormalization group to the Yang–Mills and gravity theories. The Gribov–Zwanziger action and the refined Gribov–Zwanziger action for a many-parameter family of gauges, including the Coulomb, axial and covariant gauges, are derived perturbatively on the basis of finite gauged BRST transformations starting from Landau gauge. It is proved that gauge theories with soft breaking of BRST symmetry can be made consistent if the transformed BRST-breaking terms satisfy the same soft BRST symmetry breaking condition in the resulting gauge as the untransformed ones in the initial gauge, and also without this requirement.

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