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3d Abelian dualities with boundaries

Journal of High Energy Physics volume 2018, Article number: 53 (2018) Cite this article

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We establish the action of three-dimensional bosonization and particle-vortex duality in the presence of a boundary, which supports a non-anomalous two-dimensional theory. We confirm our prescription using a microscopic realization of the duality in terms of a Euclidean lattice.

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    Kyle Aitken, Andrew Baumgartner, Andreas Karch & Brandon Robinson

  2. School of Physics and Astronomy and STAG Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield, SO17 1BJ, U.K.

    Brandon Robinson

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Aitken, K., Baumgartner, A., Karch, A. et al. 3d Abelian dualities with boundaries. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 53 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2018)053

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Keywords

  • Chern-Simons Theories
  • Duality in Gauge Field Theories
  • Field Theories in Lower Dimensions
  • Anomalies in Field and String Theories