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Topological boundary conditions in abelian Chern-Simons theory

Kapustin, Anton and Saulina, Natalia (2011) Topological boundary conditions in abelian Chern-Simons theory. Nuclear Physics B, 845 (3). pp. 393-435. ISSN 0550-3213. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.12.017. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110310-100106179

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Abstract

We study topological boundary conditions in abelian Chern–Simons theory and line operators confined to such boundaries. From the mathematical point of view, their relationships are described by a certain 2-category associated to an even integer-valued symmetric bilinear form (the matrix of Chern–Simons couplings). We argue that boundary conditions correspond to Lagrangian subgroups in the finite abelian group classifying bulk line operators (the discriminant group). We describe properties of boundary line operators; in particular we compute the boundary associator. We also study codimension one defects (surface operators) in abelian Chern–Simons theories. As an application, we obtain a classification of such theories up to isomorphism, in general agreement with the work of Belov and Moore.


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Kapustin, Anton0000-0003-3903-5158
Additional Information:© 2010 Elsevier B.V. Received 24 September 2010; accepted 27 December 2010. Available online 30 December 2010. We would like to thank D. Freed, A. Kitaev, J. Lurie, G. Moore, V. Ostrik, and L. Rozansky for useful discussions and advice. We are grateful to the Aspen Center for Physics for an excellent working atmosphere. This work was supported in part by the DOE grant DE-FG02-92ER40701.
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Department of Energy (DOE)DE-FG02-92ER40701
Issue or Number:3
DOI:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.12.017
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Official Citation:Anton Kapustin, Natalia Saulina, Topological boundary conditions in abelian Chern-Simons theory, Nuclear Physics B, Volume 845, Issue 3, 21 April 2011, Pages 393-435, ISSN 0550-3213, DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.12.017.
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