Moore–Tachikawa conjecture for the Kostant slice

Let GG be a connected semisimple affine algebraic group with Lie algebra g\mathfrak{g}. Let Kosg\mathrm{Kos}\subseteq\mathfrak{g} be the Kostant slice associated to a principal sl2\mathfrak{sl}_2-triple in g\mathfrak{g}. The isomorphism class [G×Kos][G\times\mathrm{Kos}] is a morphism from GG to the trivial group in the symmetric monoidal category MT\mathbf{MT} of affine symplectic varieties with Hamiltonian actions.

Moore–Tachikawa 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 the cup cobordism to

[G×Kos].[G\times\mathrm{Kos}].

This formulates the Moore–Tachikawa conjecture in the case where the target category is MT\mathbf{MT} and the value on the circle is GG. The supplied text does not state whether the conjecture has been resolved.

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Peter Crooks and Maxence Mayrand, “Grothendieck-Springer resolutions and TQFTs”, arXiv:2504.10285 (2026).

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