AdS/CFT correspondence and topological field theory

Edward Witten

doi:10.1088/1126-6708/1998/12/012

AdS/CFT correspondence and topological field theory

Edward Witten

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Abstract

In N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory on a four-manifold M, one can specify a discrete magnetic flux valued in H²(M, ℤ_N) This flux is encoded in the AdS/CFT correspondence in terms of a five-dimensional topological field theory with Chern-Simons action. A similar topological field theory in seven dimensions governs the space of "conformai blocks" of the six-dimensional (0, 2) conformal field theory.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	XXII-30
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/1998/12/012
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Keywords

1/N Expansion
String Duality
Topological Field Theories

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