Q-operators are 't Hooft lines Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • We study 't Hooft lines in four-dimensional holomorphic-topological Chern-Simons theory. We relate them to Q-operators in the theory of integrable systems. We give a physical interpretation of the fundamental TQ and QQ relations satisfied by Q-operators and conventional transfer matrices.

publication date

  • March 2, 2021