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N=2 supersymmetric field theories on 3-manifolds with A-type boundaries

N=2 supersymmetric field theories on 3-manifolds with A-type boundaries
N=2 supersymmetric field theories on 3-manifolds with A-type boundaries
General half-BPS A-type boundary conditions are formulated for N = 2 supersymmetric field theories on compact 3-manifolds with boundary. We observe that under suitable conditions manifolds of the real A-type admitting two complex supersymmetries (related by charge conjugation) possess, besides a contact structure, a natural integrable toric foliation. A boundary, or a general co-dimension-1 defect, can be inserted along any leaf of this preferred foliation to produce manifolds with boundary that have the topology of a solid torus. We show that supersymmetric field theories on such manifolds can be endowed with half-BPS A-type boundary conditions. We specify the natural curved space generalization of the A-type projection of bulk supersymmetries and analyze the resulting A-type boundary conditions in generic 3d non-linear sigma models and YM/CS-matter theories.
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Aprile, Francesco
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Niarchos, Vasilis
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Aprile, Francesco
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Niarchos, Vasilis
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Aprile, Francesco and Niarchos, Vasilis (2016) N=2 supersymmetric field theories on 3-manifolds with A-type boundaries. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016 (126), 1-64. (doi:10.1007/JHEP07(2016)126).

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General half-BPS A-type boundary conditions are formulated for N = 2 supersymmetric field theories on compact 3-manifolds with boundary. We observe that under suitable conditions manifolds of the real A-type admitting two complex supersymmetries (related by charge conjugation) possess, besides a contact structure, a natural integrable toric foliation. A boundary, or a general co-dimension-1 defect, can be inserted along any leaf of this preferred foliation to produce manifolds with boundary that have the topology of a solid torus. We show that supersymmetric field theories on such manifolds can be endowed with half-BPS A-type boundary conditions. We specify the natural curved space generalization of the A-type projection of bulk supersymmetries and analyze the resulting A-type boundary conditions in generic 3d non-linear sigma models and YM/CS-matter theories.

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Accepted/In Press date: 10 July 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 July 2016
Published date: July 2016
Organisations: Theoretical Partical Physics Group

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Local EPrints ID: 402119
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/402119
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Date deposited: 02 Nov 2016 12:01
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Author: Francesco Aprile
Author: Vasilis Niarchos

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