Moore–Tachikawa's TQFT conjecture

Let GG be a connected semisimple affine algebraic group with Lie algebra g\mathfrak{g}. Consider a principal sl2\mathfrak{sl}_2-triple (e,h,f)g×3(e,h,f)\in\mathfrak{g}^{\times 3}, and set S=e+gf\mathcal{S}=e+\mathfrak{g}_f. Let Cob2\mathbf{Cob}_2 be the category of two-dimensional cobordisms and MT\mathbf{MT} the category whose objects are complex semisimple groups and whose morphisms are holomorphic symplectic varieties with Hamiltonian group actions. Moore–Tachikawa's conjecture. There exists a two-dimensional TQFT ηG:Cob2MT\eta_G:\mathbf{Cob}_2\longrightarrow\mathbf{MT} satisfying

ηG(S1)=G\eta_G(S^1)=G

and assigning to the cup cobordism the holomorphic symplectic GG-variety G×SG\times\mathcal{S}^{\vee}, where S\mathcal{S}^{\vee} is the image of the Slodowy slice under the Killing-form identification gg\mathfrak{g}\cong\mathfrak{g}^*. This conjecture predicts a TQFT encoding the Higgs branches associated with six-dimensional superconformal quantum field theories; its status is presented in the source as ongoing, with no resolution supplied here.

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Peter Crooks and Maxence Mayrand, “The Moore-Tachikawa conjecture via shifted symplectic geometry”, arXiv:2409.03532 (2024).

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