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PIRSA:14110047

Topological Model for Domain Walls in (Super-)Yang-Mills Theories

Dierigl, M. (2014). Topological Model for Domain Walls in (Super-)Yang-Mills Theories. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/14110047

Markus Dierigl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitiät München (LMU)

Talk numberPIRSA:14110047
DOI10.48660/14110047
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

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.