Derived algebraic geometry of 2d lattice Yang-Mills theory

Marco Benini, Tomás Fernández, Alexander Schenkel
September 10, 2024
A derived algebraic geometric study of classical $\mathrm{GL}_n$-Yang-Mills theory on the $2$-dimensional square lattice $\mathbb{Z}^2$ is presented. The derived critical locus of the Wilson action is described and its local data supported in rectangular subsets $V =[a,b]\times [c,d]\subseteq \mathbb{Z}^2$ with both sides of length $\geq 2$ is extracted. A locally constant dg-category-valued prefactorization algebra on $\mathbb{Z}^2$ is constructed from the dg-categories of perfect complexes on the derived stacks of local data.

Keywords: 
Derived algebraic geometry, derived critical locus, lattice gauge theory, dg-categories, prefactorization algebras