2003/03/31 by David Tong · 72 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Conformal map #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Domain (mathematical analysis) #Domain wall (magnetism) #Duality (order theory) #Euclidean geometry #Field (mathematics) #Field theory (psychology) #Gauge theory #Geometry #Instanton #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #String field theory #String theory #Theoretical physics #Worldsheet #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2003/04/031
published in Journal of High Energy Physics 2003(04), 031 (Springer Nature) · 21 Pages, 4 Figures. v2: Reference added. v3: typos corrected
openalex publication_date 2003/04/17 · arxiv created 2003/06/30 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
We present a novel derivation of the duality between the two-dimensional Euclidean black hole and supersymmetric Liouville theory. We realise these (1+1)-dimensional conformal field theories on the worldvolume of domain walls in a (2+1)-dimensional gauge theory. We show that there exist two complementary descriptions of the domain wall dynamics, resulting in the two mirror conformal field theories. In particular, effects which are usually attributed to worldsheet instantons are captured by the classical scattering of domain walls.