Gauge and supersymmetry invariance of N=2 boundary Chern–Simons theory

In this paper, we study the restoration of gauge symmetry and up to half the supersymmetry (N=(2,0) or N=(1,1) in two dimensions) for N=2 non-Abelian Chern–Simons theories in the presence of a boundary. We describe the boundary action which is a supersymmetric WZW model coupled to the bulk Chern–Sim...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nuclear physics. B 2017-01, Vol.914 (C), p.577-598
Hauptverfasser: Faizal, Mir, Luo, Yuan, Smith, Douglas J, Tan, Meng-Chwan, Zhao, Qin
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper, we study the restoration of gauge symmetry and up to half the supersymmetry (N=(2,0) or N=(1,1) in two dimensions) for N=2 non-Abelian Chern–Simons theories in the presence of a boundary. We describe the boundary action which is a supersymmetric WZW model coupled to the bulk Chern–Simons theory. Unlike the N=1 case, higher supersymmetry (N=(2,0)) will endow the group manifold of the WZW model with a complex structure. Therefore, the N=(2,0) WZW model in our paper is constructed via a coset space Gc/G, where G is the same as the gauge group in the Chern–Simons action.
ISSN:0550-3213
1873-1562
DOI:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.11.020