02.10.2019 (Wednesday)

Gauge Theory and Boundary Integrability

Regular Seminar Roland Bittleston (DAMTP)

at:
13:15 KCL
room S2.29
abstract:

Costello, Witten, and Yamazaki have recently proposed a new description of quantum integrable systems using a variant of Chern-Simons theory defined on the product of a two dimensional real manifold and a Riemann surface. I'll review their work, and show how to extend it to describe integrable systems with boundary. In particular I'll discuss how it can be used to generate solutions of the boundary Yang-Baxter equation, and how to realise twisted Yangians in the theory. If there is enough time I will explore the result of applying this construction when the Riemann surface is chosen to be a torus.