Yang-Mills theory and the $\mathcal{N}=2$ spinning path integral
Abstract
We embed the perturbative Fock state of the Yang-Mills BV-multiplet in the vertex operator algebra of the path-integral for the \mathcal{N}=2 𝒩 = 2 supersymmetric world line and evaluate the pull-back of the latter to an integral form on supermoduli space. Choosing a suitable Poincaré dual on the latter, we show that this integral form describes an extension of Yang-Mills theory. Upon projection back to the Fock space, we recover the Yang-Mills action from the world line. This furthermore gives an a priori justification for the construction of Yang-Mills equations of motion as emerging from deformations of the BRST differential.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
Publication details
- Journal / source
- SciPost Physics
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 4
- Publication date
- 7 April 2026
- Language
- EN