scholarly journals Complete intersection moduli spaces in $ \mathcal{N} = 4 $ gauge theories in three dimensions

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amihay Hanany ◽  
Noppadol Mekareeya
1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (03) ◽  
pp. 573-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTHIAS BLAU ◽  
GEORGE THOMPSON

We rederive the recently introduced N=2 topological gauge theories, representing the Euler characteristic of moduli spaces ℳ of connections, from supersymmetric quantum mechanics on the infinite-dimensional spaces [Formula: see text] of gauge orbits. To that end we discuss variants of ordinary supersymmetric quantum mechanics which have meaningful extensions to infinite-dimensional target spaces, and introduce supersymmetric quantum mechanics actions modeling the Riemannian geometry of submersions and embeddings, relevant to the projections [Formula: see text] and inclusions [Formula: see text] respectively. We explain the relation between Donaldson theory and the gauge theory of flat connections in three dimensions and illustrate the general construction by other two- and four-dimensional examples.


Author(s):  
KENNETH ASCHER ◽  
KRISTIN DEVLEMING ◽  
YUCHEN LIU

Abstract We show that the K-moduli spaces of log Fano pairs $\left(\mathbb {P}^1\times \mathbb {P}^1, cC\right)$ , where C is a $(4,4)$ curve and their wall crossings coincide with the VGIT quotients of $(2,4)$ , complete intersection curves in $\mathbb {P}^3$ . This, together with recent results by Laza and O’Grady, implies that these K-moduli spaces form a natural interpolation between the GIT moduli space of $(4,4)$ curves on $\mathbb {P}^1\times \mathbb {P}^1$ and the Baily–Borel compactification of moduli of quartic hyperelliptic K3 surfaces.


1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 2643-2660 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.E. GAMBOA SARAVÍ ◽  
G.L. ROSSINI ◽  
F.A. SCHAPOSNIK

We study parity violation in (2+1)-dimensional gauge theories coupled to massive fermions. Using the ζ function regularization approach we evaluate the ground state fermion current in an arbitrary gauge field background, showing that it gets two different contributions which violate parity invariance and induce a Chern–Simons term in the gauge field effective action. One is related to the well-known classical parity breaking produced by a fermion mass term in three dimensions; the other, already present for massless fermions, is related to peculiarities of gauge-invariant regularization in odd-dimensional spaces.


Quantum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 601
Author(s):  
H. Weisbrich ◽  
M. Bestler ◽  
W. Belzig

Topology in general but also topological objects such as monopoles are a central concept in physics. They are prime examples for the intriguing physics of gauge theories and topological states of matter. Vector monopoles are already frequently discussed such as the well-established Dirac monopole in three dimensions. Less known are tensor monopoles giving rise to tensor gauge fields. Here we report that tensor monopoles can potentially be realized in superconducting multi-terminal systems using the phase differences between superconductors as synthetic dimensions. In a first proposal we suggest a circuit of superconducting islands featuring charge states to realize a tensor monopole. As a second example we propose a triple dot system coupled to multiple superconductors that also gives rise to such a topological structure. All proposals can be implemented with current experimental means and the monopole readily be detected by measuring the quantum geometry.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius F. Grimminger ◽  
Amihay Hanany

Abstract We study Hasse diagrams of moduli spaces of 3d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 quiver gauge theories. The goal of this work is twofold: 1) We introduce the notion of inverting a Hasse diagram and conjecture that the Coulomb branch and Higgs branch Hasse diagrams of certain theories are related through this operation. 2) We introduce a Hasse diagram to map out the entire moduli space of the theory, including the Coulomb, Higgs and mixed branches. For theories whose Higgs and Coulomb branch Hasse diagrams are related by inversion it is straight forward to generate the Hasse diagram of the entire moduli space. We apply inversion of the Higgs branch Hasse diagram in order to obtain the Coulomb branch Hasse diagram for bad theories and obtain results consistent with the literature. For theories whose Higgs and Coulomb branch Hasse diagrams are not related by inversion it is nevertheless possible to produce the Hasse diagram of the full moduli space using different methods. We give examples for Hasse diagrams of the entire moduli space of theories with enhanced Coulomb branches.


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