Sandwich Construction of Symmetry TFTs for the Centre Symmetries of Chern-Simons, Yang-Mills, and Einstein Gravity

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Main Authors: Borsten, Leron, Kanakaris, Dimitri, Kim, Hyungrok
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author Borsten, Leron
Kanakaris, Dimitri
Kim, Hyungrok
author_facet Borsten, Leron
Kanakaris, Dimitri
Kim, Hyungrok
contents We construct symmetry topological field theories (SymTFTs) using the sandwich construction of Pulmann-Ševera-Valach that manifest the centre symmetries of Chern-Simons theory and Yang-Mills theory as well as general relativity in the MacDowell-Mansouri formulation. The 'filling' of the sandwich is an AKSZ sigma model whose target space is a Weil algebra, augmented with discrete degrees of freedom given by a choice of topological boundary condition.
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spellingShingle Sandwich Construction of Symmetry TFTs for the Centre Symmetries of Chern-Simons, Yang-Mills, and Einstein Gravity
Borsten, Leron
Kanakaris, Dimitri
Kim, Hyungrok
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
58A50 (Primary) 81T45, 83C47, 81T13 (Secondary)
We construct symmetry topological field theories (SymTFTs) using the sandwich construction of Pulmann-Ševera-Valach that manifest the centre symmetries of Chern-Simons theory and Yang-Mills theory as well as general relativity in the MacDowell-Mansouri formulation. The 'filling' of the sandwich is an AKSZ sigma model whose target space is a Weil algebra, augmented with discrete degrees of freedom given by a choice of topological boundary condition.
title Sandwich Construction of Symmetry TFTs for the Centre Symmetries of Chern-Simons, Yang-Mills, and Einstein Gravity
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
58A50 (Primary) 81T45, 83C47, 81T13 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08819