First-order deviation of superpolynomial in an arbitrary representation from the special polynomial

Like all other knot polynomials, the superpolynomials should be defined in arbitrary representation R of the gauge group in (refined) Chern-Simons theory. However, not a single example is yet known of a superpolynomial beyond symmetric or antisymmetric representations. Following the article Equations on knot polynomials and 3d/5d duality, we consider the expansion of the superpolynomial around the special polynomial in powers of q ? 1 and t ? 1 and suggest a simple formula for the first-order deviation, which is presumably valid for arbitrary representation. This formula can serve as a crucial lacking test of various formulas for non-trivial superpolynomials, which will appear in the literature in the near future.     

Chern-Simons and WZW anomaly cancelations across dimensions

The WZW functional in D=4 can be derived directly from the Chern-Simons functional of a compactified D=5 gauge theory and the boundary fermions it supplants. A simple pedagogical model based on U(1) gauge groups illustrates how this works. A bulk-boundary system with the fermions eliminated manifestly evinces anomaly cancelations between CS and WZW terms.     

Chern–Simons theory with vector fermion matter

We study three-dimensional conformal field theories described by U(N) Chern?CSimons theory at level k coupled to massless fermions in the fundamental representation. By solving a Schwinger?CDyson equation in light-cone gauge, we compute the exact planar free energy of the theory at finite temperature on ?² as a function of the ??t?Hooft coupling ??=N/k. Employing a dimensional reduction regularization scheme, we find that the free energy vanishes at |??|=1; the conformal theory does not exist for |??|>1. We analyze the operator spectrum via the anomalous conservation relation for higher spin currents, and in particular show that the higher spin currents do not develop anomalous dimensions at leading order in 1/N. We present an integral equation whose solution in principle determines all correlators of these currents at leading order in 1/N and present explicit perturbative results for all three-point functions up to two loops. We also discuss a light-cone Hamiltonian formulation of this theory where a W _?? algebra arises. The maximally supersymmetric version of our theory is ABJ model with one gauge group taken to be U(1), demonstrating that a pure higher spin gauge theory arises as a limit of string theory.     

Quantization of the Chern invariant polynomial and its topological quantum ground state

The symplectic quantization of the Chern invariant polynomial on a 2n-dimensional manifold is considered. The ground state wave functional as a representation of the vacuum state of the theory is constructed in terms of the Chern-Simons form. An important consequence of these results is that the existence of the Chern-Simons wave functional is not exclusive of topological four-dimensional gauge theory.     

Structure of zero modes in a model of the discrete (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation

The structure of the zero modes in a discrete (2+1)-dimensional model of the gauge-invariant nonlinear Schrödinger equation is studied. Including the compactification of the Chern-Simons gauge fields eliminates the difficulties with the continuous model [L. A. Abramyan and A. P. Protogenov, JETP Lett. 64, 859 (1996); L. A. Abramyan, V. I. Berezhiani, and A. P. Protogenov, Phys. Rev. E 56, 6026 (1997)] and leads to a prediction of the existence of a transition region characterized by a hierarchical sequence of collapses which are enumerated by the Chern-Simons coefficient. Using the zero modes in calculating the dependence of the critical power N on the Chern-Simons coefficient, we have found that the transition region lies in the interval 11.703≤N≤12.01.     

Generalizations of CPn−1 with non-abelian gauge symmetry in 2 + ϵ dimensions

This paper considers non-linear σ models having global U(n) and local U(k) symmetries (1 ? k < n) in space-time dimensions d > 2. The special case k = 1 is the CP^n?1 model. The renormalizability to all orders of these models (in the presence of gauge invariant sources) is demonstrated in 2 + ? dimensions. A second order phase transition is shown to occur at a coupling strength of order ?, analogous to that in the O(n) model. Certain critical exponents associated with this transition are evaluated at two loop order. We are able to compare the two phases only in the limit n → ∞, k fixed.     

Chern-Simons correlations on (2+1)D lattice

The contribution of zero modes to the value of the number of particles in a discrete model of the (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation is computed. It is shown for the first time that in the region of small values of the Chern-Simons coefficient k there exists a universal attraction between field configurations. For k=2 this phenomenon may be a dynamic origin of the semion pairing in the high-temperature superconducting state of planar systems. The preliminary results of this paper were presented in the proceedings of the XI International Conference on Problems of Quantum Field Theory (Dubna, 13–17 July 1998).     

Spin transmutation in (2 + 1) dimensions

We study a relativistic anyon model with a spin-j matter field minimally coupled to an abelian Chem-Simons gauge field with a statistical parameter α. A spin and statistics transmutation is shown in terms of the continuum random walk method. An integer or odd-half-integer part of α can be reabsorbed by change of j. We discuss the equivalence of a large class of Chern-Simons matter models for given j and α.     

Natural constraints for extended superspace

A simple systematic method to derive superspace constraints is presented. Constraints are given for extended supergravity with one- and two-form gauge potentials in four space-time dimensions. The natural constraints lead to equations of motion forN>4 (supergravity), resp.N>2 (gauge potentials). We discuss modifications for higherN. We also discuss modifications of the field strength of the two-form potential to include Chern-Simons three-forms.     

Chern-Simons gauge theory on orbifolds: Open strings from three dimensions

Chern-Simons gauge theory is formulated on three-dimensional $\text{Z}$₂ orbifolds. The locus of singular points on a given orbifold is equivalent to a link of Wilson lines. This allows one to reduce any correlation function on orbifolds to a sum of more complicated correlation functions in the simpler theory on manifolds. Chern-Simons theory on manifolds is known to be related to two-dimensional (2D) conformal field theory (CFT) on closed-string surfaces; here it is shown that the theory on orbifolds is related to 2D CFT of unoriented closed- and open-string models, i.e. to worldsheet orbifold models. In particular, the boundary components of the worldsheet correspond to the components of the singular locus in the 3D orbifold. This correspondence leads to a simple identification of the open-string spectra, including their Chan-Paton degeneration, in terms of fusing Wilson lines in the corresponding Chern-Simons theory. The correspondence is studied in detail, and some exactly solvable examples are presented. Some of these examples indicate that it is natural to think of the orbifold group $\text{Z}$₂ as a part of the gauge group of the Chern-Simons theory, thus generalizing the standard definition of gauge theories.     

The subtraction constant in π± electroproduction

A method is proposed for dealing with the subtraction constant required in fixed-t dispersion relations for π^± electroproduction. The method requires a knowledge of the t-channel cut contribution (evaluated at the subtraction points s₀), which can be determined at k² = 0 using a gauge invariance sum rule. Estimates by this and other methods show that it is small (compared with the pion pole contribution) for ?t ? 1 GeV², and in particular it is irrelevant to determinations of the pion form factor using high-energy forward π⁺ data.     

The Generalization of Chern-Simons Current and the Topological Tensor Current of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Branes

To make the gauge field theory foundation of the topological current of p-branes introduced in our previous work, we present a novel topological tensor current in SO(N) gauge field theory. This non-Abelian gauge field tensor current is the straightforward generalization of the Chern-Simons topological current of strings. By making use of the SO(N) gauge potential decomposition theory and the φ-mapping topological current theory, it is proved that the p-brane is created at every isolated zero of the Clifford vector field \(\overrightarrow{\phi }(x)\) and the charges carried by p-branes are topologically quantized and labelled by the winding number of the φ-mapping.     

Abelian gauge theories on homogeneous spaces

An algebraic technique of separation of gauge modes in Abelian gauge theories on homogeneous spaces is proposed. An effective potential for the Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory on S ³ is calculated. A generalization of the Chern-Simons action is suggested and analyzed with the example of SU(3)/U(1) X U(1).     

A Toy Model of the M5-Brane: Anomalies of Monopole Strings in Five Dimensions

We study a five-dimensional field theory which contains a monopole (string) solution with chiral fermion zero modes. This monostring solution is a close analog of the fivebrane solution of M-theory. The cancellation of normal bundle anomalies parallels that for the M-theory fivebrane; in particular, the presence of a Chern-Simons term in the low-energy effective U(1) gauge theory plays a central role. We comment on the relationship between the microscopic analysis of the world-volume theory and the low-energy analysis and draw some cautionary lessons for M-theory.     

Bogomol'nyi solitons and Hermitian symmetric spaces

We apply the coadjoint orbit method to construct relativistic nonlinear sigma models (NLSM) on the target space of coadjoint orbits coupled with the Chern-Simons (CS) gauge field and we study self-dual solitons. When the target space is given by a Hermitian symmetric space (HSS), we find that the system admits self-dual solitons whose energy is Bogomol'nyi bounded from below by a topological charge. The Bogomol'nyi potential on the Hermitian symmetric space is obtained in the case when the maximal torus subgroup is gauged, and the self-dual equation in the CP(N − 1) case is explored. We also discuss the self-dual solitons in the case of noncompact SU(1, 1) and present a detailed analysis for the rotationally symmetric solutions.     

Structure of the high temperature gauge ground state and electroweak production of the baryon asymmetry

We investigate the connection of the baryon asymmetry of the universe (BAU) with the Chern-Simons structure of the ground state of gauge theories at high temperatures. We formulate in an explicitly gauge-invariant way the notion of the effective potential for density of the Chern-Simons charge and estimate CP noninvariant corrections to it coming from the nonequilibrium stages of universe expansion. We find that for the case of trivial structure of the ground state the BAU production is only possible if the low-energy CP violation in anomalous reactions δ_ms is larger than 10⁻⁴. We discuss the fate of the CP domain structure of the universe which appears when there is discrete degeneracy of the ground state. The magnitude of BAU could be large only with sufficiently strong high temperature CP violation. So the BAU generation in the framework of standard electroweak theory (where δ_ms∼10⁻¹⁸) takes place only when there is infinite degeneracy. We estimate the Higgs and top masses in the Coleman-Weinberg type of theory.     

Extension to velocity dependent gauge transformations

In previous papers it was shown that in phase space a generator of gauge transformations for a singular Lagrangian \(L(q,\dot q)\) is given byG[ε^α]=ε _k ^α φ _α ^k (q,p,t) where φ _α ^k are first class constraints andG is subjected to a stationarity condition. A non-trivial extension from velocity (or momentum) independent gauge transformations to velocity dependent ones is realized, by replacing gauge functions ε^α(t) with momentum dependent functions ε^α(q,p,t), as long asG satisfies the stationarity condition. Inversely, it is proved in a classical framework that, within velocity dependent gauge transformations, all generators of gauge transformations can be expressed in terms of the linear combinations of φ _α ^k .     

Wk structure of A SU(2)-level k from covariant construction of Kac-Moody algebras

The W_k structure underlying the transverse realization of affine SU(2) at level k is analyzed. The extension of the equivalence existing between the covariant and light-cone gauge realization of an affine Kac-Moody algebra to W_k algebras is given. Higher spin generators are extracted by the less singular terms in the operator product expansion of the parafermions constructed by means of the projection of the covariant on the light-cone gauge. These fields can be written in terms of only one free boson compactified on a circle.