Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2007-10-31
JHEP 0803:033,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
80 pages + appendix. Minor changes, further clarifications and improvements. Published version
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2008/03/033
We study the two-dimensional twisted (0,2) sigma-model on various smooth complex flag manifolds G/B, and explore its relevance to the geometric Langlands program. We find that an equivalence - at the level of the holomorphic chiral algebra - between a bosonic string on G/B and a B-gauged version of itself on G, will imply an isomorphism of classical W-algebras and a level relation which underlie a geometric Langlands correspondence for G=SL(N,C). This furnishes an alternative physical interpretation of the geometric Langlands correspondence for G=SL(N,C), to that demonstrated earlier by Kapustin and Witten via an electric-magnetic duality of four-dimensional gauge theory. Likewise, the Hecke operators and Hecke eigensheaves will have an alternative physical interpretation in terms of the correlation functions of local operators in the holomorphic chiral algebra of a quasi-topological sigma-model without boundaries. A forthcoming paper will investigate the interpretation of a ``quantum'' geometric Langlands correspondence for G=SL(N,C) in a similar setting, albeit with fluxes of the sigma-model moduli which induce a ``quantum'' deformation of the relevant classical algebras turned on.
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