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SL(2, R) Chern-Simons, Liouville, and gauge theory on duality walls

Journal

JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Volume -, Issue 8, Pages -

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2011)135

Keywords

Supersymmetry and Duality; Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Chern Simons Theories; Matrix Models

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  1. Princeton Center for Theoretical Science

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We propose an equivalence of the partition functions of two different 3d gauge theories. On one side of the correspondence we consider the partition function of 3d SL(2, R) Chern-Simons theory on a 3-manifold, obtained as a punctured Riemann surface times an interval. On the other side we have a partition function of a 3d N = 2 supercon formal field theory on S-3, which is realized as a duality domain wall in a 4d gauge theory on S-4. We sketch the proof of this conjecture using connections with quantum Liouville theory and quantum Teichmuller theory, and study in detail the example of the once-punctured torus. Motivated by these results we advocate a direct Chern-Simons interpretation of the ingredients of (a generalization of) the Alday-Gaiotto-Tachikawa relation. We also comment on M-5-brane realizations as well as on possible generalizations of our proposals.

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