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Two Dimensional Gauge Theories Revisited

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Topological gravity is equivalent to physical gravity in two dimensions in a way that is still mysterious, though by now it has been proved by Kontsevich. In this paper it is shown that a similar relation between topological and physical Yang-Mills theory holds in two dimensions; in this case, however, the relation can be explained by a direct mapping between the two path integrals. This (1) explains many strange facts about two dimensional Yang-Mills theory, like the way the partition function can be expressed exactly as a sum over classical solutions, including unstable ones; (2) makes the corresponding topological theory completely computable.

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Hyperfunctions in $A$-model Localization

hep-th · 2025-09-30 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Derives a distributional real-line integral formula for abelian observables in A-twisted N=(2,2) theories on S², verifies it on the CP^{N-1} GLSM correlator, and uses hyperfunctions to equate it with contour integrals matching the Jeffrey-Kirwan prescription.

Candidate Gaugings of Categorical Continuous Symmetry

hep-th · 2026-04-28 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Candidate modular invariants and gaugings for continuous G-symmetries with anomaly k are obtained from +1 eigenspaces of semiclassical modular kernels in a BF+kCS SymTFT model.

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