nLab 4d WZW model

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Context

\infty-Wess-Zumino-Witten theory

Quantum field theory

Physics

physics, mathematical physics, philosophy of physics

Surveys, textbooks and lecture notes


theory (physics), model (physics)

experiment, measurement, computable physics

Contents

Idea

The 4-dimensional version of higher dimensional WZW theory, the boundary theory of the 5-dimensional Chern-Simons theory that is induced from the third Chern class. Also called Nair-Schiff theory or Kähler Chern-Simons theory .

Properties

Equations of motion

The Euler-Lagrange equations of the 4d WZW model are those of self-dual Yang-Mills theory.

Finiteness

The model is finite at 1-loop (Ketov) and expected to be finite to all orders.

References

  • T. Inami, H. Kanno and T. Ueno, Mod. Phys. Lett. A12, 2757 (1997).

  • J. Gegenberg , G. Kunstatter, Boundary Dynamics of Higher Dimensional AdS Spacetime (arXiv:hep-th/9905228)

  • J. Gegenberg , G. Kunstatter, Boundary Dynamics of Higher Dimensional Chern-Simons Gravity (arXiv:hep-th/0010020)

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