Surface Defects in Maxwell Theory are Trivial

by Christopher Herzog

King's College London

at Particles and Fields Seminar

Mon, 09 May 2022, 14:00
Sacta-Rashi Building for Physics (54), room 207

Abstract

I consider a free Maxwell field in four dimensions in the presence of a codimension two defect. Reflection positive, codimension two defects which preserve conformal symmetry in this context are very limited. Only generalized free fields can exist on the defect and interact with the free Maxwell field in the bulk. This result stands in stark contrast to the codimension one case where interacting conformal boundary conditions can be found for free bulk fields, producing systems with physical relevance, for example for graphene.

Created on 08-05-2022 by Palti, Eran (palti)
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