7 papers
String Winding Modes From Charge Non-Conservation in Compact Chern-Simons Theory
Leith Cooper, Ian I. Kogan, Kai-Ming Lee
In this letter we show how string winding modes can be constructed using topological membranes. We use the fact that monopole-instantons in compact topologically massive gauge theo…
Topologically Massive Gauge Theory with O(2) Symmetry
Ian I. Kogan, Kai-Ming Lee
We discuss the structure of the vacua in topologically massive gauge theory on a torus. Since has two connected components, there are four classical vacua. The differ…
Wavefunctions for Non-Abelian Vortices
Kai-Ming Lee, Hoi-Kwong Lo
We construct exact wavefunctions of two vortices on a plane, a single vortex on the cylinder and a vortex on the torus. In each case, the physics is shown to be equivalent to a par…
Complementarity in Wormhole Chromodynamics
Hoi-Kwong Lo, Kai-Ming Lee, John Preskill
The electric charge of a wormhole mouth and the magnetic flux ``linked'' by the wormhole are non-commuting observables, and so cannot be simultaneously diagonalized. We use this ob…
Vortices on Higher Genus Surfaces
Kai-Ming Lee
We consider the topological interactions of vortices on general surfaces. If the genus of the surface is greater than zero, the handles can carry magnetic flux. The classical state…
On Detecting Discrete Cheshire Charge
Martin Bucher, Kai-Ming Lee, John Preskill
We analyze the charges carried by loops of string in models with non-abelian local discrete symmetry. The charge on a loop has no localized source, but can be detected by means of…