Cohomological Yang-Mills Theories on Kahler 3-Folds
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| Publication date | 2001 |
| Journal | Nuclear Physics B |
| Volume | Issue number | 600 | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 133-162 |
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| Abstract |
We study topological gauge theories with N-c = (2, 0) supersymmetry based on stable bundles on general Kahler 3-folds. In order to have a theory that is well defined and well behaved, we consider a model based on an extension of the usual holomorphic bundle by including a holomorphic 3-form. The correlation functions of the model describe complex 3-dimensional generalizations of Donaldson-Witten type invariants, We show that the path integral can be written as a sum of contributions from stable bundles and a complex 3-dimensional version of Seibeg-Witten monopoles. We study certain deformations of the theory, which allow us to consider the situation of reducible connections. We shortly discuss situations of reduced holonomy. After dimensional reduction to a Kahler 2-fold, the theory reduces to Vafa-Witten theory. On a Calabi-Yau 3-fold, the supersymmetry is enhanced to N-c = (2, 2). This model map be used to describe classical limits of certain compactifications of (matrix) string theory.
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| Document type | Article |
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00024-4
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