Notes from the bulk: metric dependence of the edge states of Chern-Simons theory

Abstract

The abelian Chern-Simons theory is considered on a cylindrical spacetime $\mathbb{R}\times D$, in a not necessarily flat Lorentzian background. As in the flat bulk case with planar boundary, we find that also on the radial boundary of a curved background a Kaç-Moody algebra exists, with the same central charge as in the flat case, which henceforth depends neither on the bulk metric nor on the geometry of the boundary. The holographically induced theory on the 2D boundary is topologically protected, in the sense that it describes a Luttinger liquid, no matter which the bulk metric is. The main result of this paper is that a remnant of the 3D bulk theory resides in the chiral velocity of the edge modes, which is not a constant like in the flat bulk case, but it is local, depending on the determinant of the induced metric on the boundary. This result may provide a theoretical framework for the recently observed accelerated chiral bosons on the edge of some Hall systems.

arXiv comment25 pages, plain LaTeX, no figures. To appear on Phys.Rev.D

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