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Three-Dimensional Topological Field Theories and Nonunitary Minimal Models. [PDF]
Physical Review Letters, 2023 We find an intriguing relation between a class of three-dimensional nonunitary topological field theories (TFTs) and Virasoro minimal models M(2,2r+3) with r≥1.
Dongmin Gang +2 more
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Topological field theories induced by twisted R-Poisson structure in any dimension [PDF]
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 We construct a class of topological field theories with Wess-Zumino term in spacetime dimensions ≥ 2 whose target space has a geometrical structure that suitably generalizes Poisson or twisted Poisson manifolds.
A. Chatzistavrakidis
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Quantization of topological-holomorphic field theories: local aspects [PDF]
Communications in analysis and geometry, 2021 In both mathematics and physics, topological field theories and holomorphic field theories appear naturally, but there are interesting theories that are hybrids -- looking topological in some directions and holomorphic in others -- such as twists of ...
Owen Gwilliam +2 more
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Semisimple four‐dimensional topological field theories cannot detect exotic smooth structure [PDF]
Journal of Topology, 2020 We prove that semisimple four‐dimensional oriented topological field theories lead to stable diffeomorphism invariants and can therefore not distinguish homeomorphic closed oriented smooth four‐manifolds and homotopy equivalent simply connected closed ...
David J. Reutter
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Topological defects in nonlocal field theories
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 In this paper we study for the first time topological defects in the context of nonlocal field theories in which Lagrangians contain infinite-order differential operators. In particular, we analyze domain walls.
Luca Buoninfante +2 more
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Constrained topological field theory [PDF]
Physics Letters B, 1994 We derive a model of constrained topological gravity, a theory recently introduced by us through the twist of N=2 Liouville theory, starting from the general BRST algebra and imposing the moduli space constraint as a gauge fixing. To do this, it is necessary to introduce a formalism that allows a careful treatment of the global and the local degrees of
ANSELMI, DAMIANO +3 more
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Generalized symmetries of topological field theories
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 We study generalized symmetries in a simplified arena in which the usual quantum field theories of physics are replaced with topological field theories and the smooth structure with which the symmetry groups of physics are usually endowed is forgotten ...
Ben Gripaios +2 more
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Integrality, duality and finiteness in combinatoric topological strings
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 A remarkable result at the intersection of number theory and group theory states that the order of a finite group G (denoted |G|) is divisible by the dimension d R of any irreducible complex representation of G.
Robert de Mello Koch +3 more
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On partition functions of refined Chern-Simons theories on S 3
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 We present a new expression for the partition function of the refined Chern-Simons theory on S 3 with an arbitrary gauge group, which is explicitly equal to 1 when the coupling constant is zero.
M.Y. Avetisyan, R.L. Mkrtchyan
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Multipolar topological field theories: Bridging higher order topological insulators and fractons [PDF]
Physical review B, 2019 Two new recently proposed classes of topological phases, namely fractons and higher order topological insulators (HOTIs), share at least superficial similarities.
Yizhi You, F. Burnell, T. Hughes
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