Topological Model for Domain Walls in (Super-)Yang-Mills Theories
APA
Dierigl, M. (2014). Topological Model for Domain Walls in (Super-)Yang-Mills Theories. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/14110047
MLA
Dierigl, Markus. Topological Model for Domain Walls in (Super-)Yang-Mills Theories. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 04, 2014, https://pirsa.org/14110047
BibTex
@misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:14110047, doi = {10.48660/14110047}, url = {https://pirsa.org/14110047}, author = {Dierigl, Markus}, keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings}, language = {en}, title = {Topological Model for Domain Walls in (Super-)Yang-Mills Theories}, publisher = {Perimeter Institute}, year = {2014}, month = {nov}, note = {PIRSA:14110047 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}} }
We discuss a topological description of the confining phase of (Super-)Yang-Mills theories with gauge group SU(N) which encodes all the Aharonov-Bohm phases of configurations of non-local operators. This topological action shows an additional 1-form gauge symmetry. After the introduction of domain walls, this 1-form gauge symmetry demands the appearance of new fields on the worldvolume of the wall. These new fields have a topological Chern-Simons action at level N, also suggested by string theory constructions.