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Knot Invariants and M-Theory I: Hitchin Equations, Chern-Simons Actions, and the Surface Operators

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Keshav Dasgupta, Veronica Errasti Diez, P. Ramadevi, Radu Tatar

High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 17 Aug 2016

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The authors' main claim On the other hand, we argue that both these constructions, of Witten and of Ooguri-Vafa, lead to two different seven-dimensional manifolds in M-theory from where the topological theories may appear from certain twisting of the G-flux action.

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CitationKeshav Dasgupta, P. Ramadevi, Radu Tatar, Veronica Errasti Diez. "Knot Invariants and M-Theory I: Hitchin Equations, Chern-Simons Actions, and the Surface Operators." arXiv:1608.05128 (2016). https://pith.science/paper/HKDFC6B4
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Recently Witten introduced a type IIB brane construction with certain boundary conditions to study knot invariants and Khovanov homology. The essential ingredients used in his work are the topologically twisted N = 4 Yang-Mills theory, localization equations and surface operators. In this paper we extend his construction in two possible ways. On one hand we show that a slight modification of Witten's brane construction could lead, using certain well defined duality transformations, to the model used by Ooguri-Vafa to study knot invariants using gravity duals. On the other hand, we argue that both these constructions, of Witten and of Ooguri-Vafa, lead to two different seven-dimensional manifolds in M-theory from where the topological theories may appear from certain twisting of the G-flux action. The non-abelian nature of the topological action may also be studied if we take the wrapped M2-brane states in the theory. We discuss explicit constructions of the seven-dimensional manifolds in M-theory, and show that both the localization equations and surface operators appear naturally from the Hamiltonian formalism of the theories. Knots and link invariants are then constructed using M2-brane states in both the models.

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s0 Recently Witten introduced a type IIB brane construction with certain boundary conditions to study knot invariants and Khovanov homology. background 1.00 0.03 0.03 asserted 1.00
s1 The essential ingredients used in his work are the topologically twisted N = 4 Yang-Mills theory, localization equations and surface operators. background 0.99 0.04 0.03 asserted 1.00
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s3 On one hand we show that a slight modification of Witten's brane construction could lead, using certain well defined duality transformations, to the model used by Ooguri-Vafa to study knot invariants using gravity duals. contribution 0.68 0.86 0.19 hedged possibility 0.95
s4 On the other hand, we argue that both these constructions, of Witten and of Ooguri-Vafa, lead to two different seven-dimensional manifolds in M-theory from where the topological theories may appear from certain twisting of the G-flux action. result 0.54 0.77 0.34 hedged possibility 0.64
s5 The non-abelian nature of the topological action may also be studied if we take the wrapped M2-brane states in the theory. contribution 0.41 0.41 0.06 hedged possibility 1.00
s6 We discuss explicit constructions of the seven-dimensional manifolds in M-theory, and show that both the localization equations and surface operators appear naturally from the Hamiltonian formalism of the theories. contribution 0.76 0.92 0.19 asserted 1.00
s7 Knots and link invariants are then constructed using M2-brane states in both the models. result 0.58 0.85 0.30 asserted 0.99

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Recently Witten introduced a type IIB brane construction with certain boundary conditions to study knot invariants and Khovanov homology. The essential ingredients used in his work are the topologically twisted N = 4 Yang-Mills theory, localization equations and surface operators. In this paper we extend his construction in two possible ways. On one hand we show that a slight modification of Witten's brane construction could lead, using certain well defined duality transformations, to the model used by Ooguri-Vafa to study knot invariants using gravity duals. On the other hand, we argue that both these constructions, of Witten and of Ooguri-Vafa, lead to two different seven-dimensional manifolds in M-theory from where the topological theories may appear from certain twisting of the G-flux action. The non-abelian nature of the topological action may also be studied if we take the wrapped M2-brane states in the theory. We discuss explicit constructions of the seven-dimensional manifolds in M-theory, and show that both the localization equations and surface operators appear naturally from the Hamiltonian formalism of the theories. Knots and link invariants are then constructed using M2-brane states in both the models.

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  • Following equation (4.3) in [ref] , we define the quantity [equation] Using the above two equations in $ds_(M,3)^2$, it is a matter of simple algebra to check that the boosted M-theory metric is given by [equation] Note that the boost has now generated a gauge field in the M-theory.

    A companion to "Knot invariants and M-theory I'' [arXiv:1608.05128]: proofs and derivations · Obtaining a type IIB configuration with RR and NS fluxes: a boost in M-theory · 0.86

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  • For us the relevant torsion classes are the $W_4$ and $W_5$ classes, defined as: 𝒲_4 = F_3r - √(F_1 F_2)4 F_3 + F_4r - √(F_1 F_2)4 F_4 + ϕ_r , Re 𝒲_5 = F_3r 12 F_3 + F_4r 12 F_4 + F_2r - 2√(F_1F_2) 12 F_2 + ϕ_r2, where one may look at the detailed derivations from [ref] or some of the earlier papers in the series namely [ref] etc.

    Supersymmetric Configurations, Geometric Transitions and New Non-Kahler Manifolds · Finding the warp factors using torsion classes · 0.93

  • For us the relevant torsion classes are the $W_4$ and $W_5$ classes, defined as: 𝒲_4 = F_3r - √(F_1 F_2)4 F_3 + F_4r - √(F_1 F_2)4 F_4 + ϕ_r , Re 𝒲_5 = F_3r 12 F_3 + F_4r 12 F_4 + F_2r - 2√(F_1F_2) 12 F_2 + ϕ_r2, where one may look at the detailed derivations from [ref] or some of the earlier papers in the series namely [ref] etc.

    Gauge/Gravity Duality in Heterotic String Theory · Finding the warp factors using torsion classes · 0.93

  • For us the relevant torsion classes are the $W_4$ and $W_5$ classes, defined as: 𝒲_4 = F_3r - √(F_1 F_2)4 F_3 + F_4r - √(F_1 F_2)4 F_4 + ϕ_r , Re 𝒲_5 = F_3r 12 F_3 + F_4r 12 F_4 + F_2r - 2√(F_1F_2) 12 F_2 + ϕ_r2, where one may look at the detailed derivations from [ref] or some of the earlier papers in the series namely [ref] etc.

    Non-Kahler Resolved Conifold, Localized Fluxes in M-Theory and Supersymmetry · Finding the warp factors using torsion classes · 0.93

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  • All our results for Model A stem from this Hamiltonian and are mapped in exquisite detail to the results in [ref] .

    Fivebranes and Knots · What are the new results in this paper? · 0.87

  • Now with appropriate identification of the scalars ($φ_1, φ_2$) with ($ϕ_1, ϕ_2$), the BHN equation for our case takes the following form: F_12 + (b_ψ3 v_3c_1 C_11)^1/2 D_ψϕ_0 + 2 [ϕ_1, ϕ_2] = 0, which one may now compare with the BHN equation discussed in [ref] and [ref] for $t ±1$.

    Knot Invariants from Four-Dimensional Gauge Theory · First look at the $t$ parameter and the BHN equations · 1.00

  • In the absence of the type IIB dipole deformation the form of [ref] is almost similar to what we had in [ref] except the vielbeins $e_11$ and $e_11$ are defined in a slightly different way as: e_11 = dx_11 + cos θ cosh β(cos θ_1 dϕ_1 + g_o cos θ_2 dϕ_2) e_11 = dx_11 + cos θ cosh β(g_o cos θ_1 dϕ_1 + cos θ_2 dϕ_2), using the following functional form for $g_o(r)$: g_o(r) = e^2ϕ√(F_2F_1)·F_4F_3(√(F_1F_2) - F_3r).

    Non-Kahler Resolved Conifold, Localized Fluxes in M-Theory and Supersymmetry · Dipole deformation and the M-theory uplift · 0.83

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  • More recently, with the aim of interpreting Khovanov homology within intersecting brane model, Witten considered the NS5-D3 brane system to study four dimensional gauge theory on $W ×R^+$ with knots $K$ stuck on the three dimensional boundary $W$ [ref] .

    Fivebranes and Knots · Introduction and summary · 0.83

  • In the last couple of sections we have mentioned how $t$ could appear in our set-up, and in fact this parameter played important roles in [ref] , [ref] and [ref] , so the natural question is to ask where a parameter like $t$ could fit in our analysis.

    Knot Invariants from Four-Dimensional Gauge Theory · More on the Chern-Simons theory and S-duality · 0.84

  • The story becomes more interesting now, and has been discussed in much details in [ref] .

    Analytic Continuation Of Chern-Simons Theory · Surface operators and knot configurations · 0.84

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