Rigid surface operators
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Publication:604841
DOI10.4310/ATMP.2010.V14.N1.A3zbMATH Open1203.81114arXiv0804.1561OpenAlexW1985829514MaRDI QIDQ604841
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Publication date: 12 November 2010
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Abstract: Surface operators in gauge theory are analogous to Wilson and 't Hooft line operators except that they are supported on a two-dimensional surface rather than a one-dimensional curve. In a previous paper, we constructed a certain class of half-BPS surface operators in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory, and determined how they transform under S-duality. Those surface operators depend on a relatively large number of freely adjustable parameters. In the present paper, we consider the opposite case of half-BPS surface operators that are ``rigid in the sense that they do not depend on any parameters at all. We present some simple constructions of rigid half-BPS surface operators and attempt to determine how they transform under duality. This attempt is only partially successful, suggesting that our constructions are not the whole story. The partial match suggests interesting connections with quantization. We discuss some possible refinements and some string theory constructions which might lead to a more complete picture.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1561
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