The scalar and vector topological Yang-Mills symmetries determine a closed and consistent sector of Yang-Mills supersymmetry. We provide a geometrical construction of these symmetries, based on a horizontality condition on reducible manifolds. This yields globally well-defined scalar and vector topological BRST operators. These operators generate a subalgebra of maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, which is small enough to be closed or-shell with a finite set of auxiliary fields and large enough to determine the Yang-Mills supersymmetric theory. Poincare supersymmetry is reached in the limit of flat manifolds. The arbitrariness of the gauge functions in BRSTQFT's is thus removed by the requirement of scalar and vector topological symmetry, which also determines the complete supersymmetry transformations in a twisted way. Provided additional Killing vectors exist on the manifold, an equivariant extension of our geometrical framework is provided, and the resulting "equivariant topological field theory" corresponds to the twist of super Yang-Mills theory on Omega backgrounds.

Topological vector symmetry of BRSTQFT topological gauge fixing of BRSTQFT and construction of maximal supersymmetry / Baulieu, L.; Bossard, G.; Tanzini, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2005:8(2005), pp. 1-41. [10.1088/1126-6708/2005/08/037]

Topological vector symmetry of BRSTQFT topological gauge fixing of BRSTQFT and construction of maximal supersymmetry

Tanzini, A.
2005-01-01

Abstract

The scalar and vector topological Yang-Mills symmetries determine a closed and consistent sector of Yang-Mills supersymmetry. We provide a geometrical construction of these symmetries, based on a horizontality condition on reducible manifolds. This yields globally well-defined scalar and vector topological BRST operators. These operators generate a subalgebra of maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, which is small enough to be closed or-shell with a finite set of auxiliary fields and large enough to determine the Yang-Mills supersymmetric theory. Poincare supersymmetry is reached in the limit of flat manifolds. The arbitrariness of the gauge functions in BRSTQFT's is thus removed by the requirement of scalar and vector topological symmetry, which also determines the complete supersymmetry transformations in a twisted way. Provided additional Killing vectors exist on the manifold, an equivariant extension of our geometrical framework is provided, and the resulting "equivariant topological field theory" corresponds to the twist of super Yang-Mills theory on Omega backgrounds.
2005
2005
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41
037
https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2005/08/037
Baulieu, L.; Bossard, G.; Tanzini, A.
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