Odd and generalized Wilson surfaces
Olga Chekeres (University of l'Aquila, Italy)
Abstract: In this talk I discuss various extensions and generalizations of Wilson surface observables in gauge theories. Previously, Wilson surface observables were interpreted as a class of Poisson sigma models. We profit from this construction to define and study the super version of Wilson surfaces. We provide some 'proof of concept' examples to illustrate modifications resulting from appearance of odd degrees of freedom in the target. We also explain some natural directions for defining the analogues of Wilson surface observables in higher dimensions.
The talk is mostly based on arxiv.org/abs/2403.09820. This is a joint work with Vladimir Salnikov.
mathematical physicsalgebraic topologydifferential geometryrepresentation theorystatistics theory
Audience: researchers in the topic
Prague-Hradec Kralove seminar Cohomology in algebra, geometry, physics and statistics
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| Organizers: | Hong Van Le*, Igor Khavkine*, Anton Galaev, Alexei Kotov, Petr Somberg, Roman Golovko |
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