Date
Thu, 10 Nov 2011
Time
12:00 - 13:00
Location
SR2
Speaker
Tim Adamo

Chern-Simons theory is topological gauge theory in three dimensions that contains an interesting class of operators called Wilson lines/loops, which have connections with both physics and pure mathematics. In particular, it has been shown that computations with Wilson operators in Chern-Simons theory reproduce knot invariants, and are also related to Gauss linking invariants. We will discuss the complex generalizations of these ideas, which are known as holomorphic Chern-Simons theory, Wilson operators, and linking, in the setting of Calabi-Yau three-folds. This will (hopefully) include a definition of all three of these holomorphic analogues as well as an investigation into how these ideas can be translated into simple homological algebra, allowing us to propose the existence of "homological Feynman rules" for computing things like Wilson operators in a holomorphic Chern-Simons theory. If time permits I may say something about physics too.

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