scholarly journals Decomposition of BPS moduli spaces and asymptotics of supersymmetric partition functions

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arash Arabi Ardehali ◽  
Junho Hong
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Asymptotic Expression ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Asymptotic Result ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Abelian Gauge ◽  
Scale Hierarchy

Abstract We present a prototype for Wilsonian analysis of asymptotics of supersymmetric partition functions of non-abelian gauge theories. Localization allows expressing such partition functions as an integral over a BPS moduli space. When the limit of interest introduces a scale hierarchy in the problem, asymptotics of the partition function is obtained in the Wilsonian approach by i) decomposing (in some suitable scheme) the BPS moduli space into various patches according to the set of light fields (lighter than the scheme dependent cut-off Λ) they support, ii) localizing the partition function of the effective field theory on each patch (with cut-offs set by the scheme), and iii) summing up the contributions of all patches to obtain the final asymptotic result (which is scheme-independent and accurate as Λ → ∞). Our prototype concerns the Cardy-like asymptotics of the 4d superconformal index, which has been of interest recently for its application to black hole microstate counting in AdS5/CFT4. As a byproduct of our analysis we obtain the most general asymptotic expression for the index of gauge theories in the Cardy-like limit, encompassing and extending all previous results.

scholarly journals Gauge theories on compact toric manifolds

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulio Bonelli ◽  
Francesco Fucito ◽  
Jose Francisco Morales ◽  
Massimiliano Ronzani ◽  
Ekaterina Sysoeva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Gauge Coupling ◽  
Piecewise Constant Function ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Piecewise Constant ◽  
Toric Manifolds ◽  
Holomorphic Anomaly ◽  
The One

AbstractWe compute the $$\mathcal{N}=2$$ N = 2 supersymmetric partition function of a gauge theory on a four-dimensional compact toric manifold via equivariant localization. The result is given by a piecewise constant function of the Kähler form with jumps along the walls where the gauge symmetry gets enhanced. The partition function on such manifolds is written as a sum over the residues of a product of partition functions on $$\mathbb {C}^2$$ C 2 . The evaluation of these residues is greatly simplified by using an “abstruse duality” that relates the residues at the poles of the one-loop and instanton parts of the $$\mathbb {C}^2$$ C 2 partition function. As particular cases, our formulae compute the SU(2) and SU(3) equivariant Donaldson invariants of $$\mathbb {P}^2$$ P 2 and $$\mathbb {F}_n$$ F n and in the non-equivariant limit reproduce the results obtained via wall-crossing and blow up methods in the SU(2) case. Finally, we show that the U(1) self-dual connections induce an anomalous dependence on the gauge coupling, which turns out to satisfy a $$\mathcal {N}=2$$ N = 2 analog of the $$\mathcal {N}=4$$ N = 4 holomorphic anomaly equations.

scholarly journals MODIFIED PARTITION FUNCTIONS, CONSISTENT ANOMALIES AND CONSISTENT SCHWINGER TERMS

2011 ◽  
Vol 08 (08) ◽  
pp. 1747-1762 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMIR ABBASS VARSHOVI
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Gauge Invariant

A gauge invariant partition function is defined for gauge theories which leads to the standard quantization. It is shown that the descent equations and consequently the consistent anomalies and Schwinger terms can be extracted from this modified partition function naturally.

scholarly journals Harmonic analysis of 2d CFT partition functions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Benjamin ◽  
Scott Collier ◽  
A. Liam Fitzpatrick ◽  
Alexander Maloney ◽  
Eric Perlmutter
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Harmonic Analysis ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Target Space ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Operator Spectrum

Abstract We apply the theory of harmonic analysis on the fundamental domain of SL(2, ℤ) to partition functions of two-dimensional conformal field theories. We decompose the partition function of c free bosons on a Narain lattice into eigenfunctions of the Laplacian of worldsheet moduli space ℍ/SL(2, ℤ), and of target space moduli space O(c, c; ℤ)\O(c, c; ℝ)/O(c)×O(c). This decomposition manifests certain properties of Narain theories and ensemble averages thereof. We extend the application of spectral theory to partition functions of general two-dimensional conformal field theories, and explore its meaning in connection to AdS3 gravity. An implication of harmonic analysis is that the local operator spectrum is fully determined by a certain subset of degeneracies.

scholarly journals Hasse diagrams for 3d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 quiver gauge theories — Inversion and the full moduli space

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius F. Grimminger ◽  
Amihay Hanany
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Hasse Diagram ◽  
Coulomb Branch ◽  
Hasse Diagrams

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.

scholarly journals Connecting mirror symmetry in 3D and 2D via localization

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (32) ◽  
pp. 1530004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Yu Chen ◽  
Hsiao-Yi Chen ◽  
Jun-Kai Ho
Keyword(s):  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Abelian Gauge ◽  
Fusion Procedure ◽  
Mirror Pair ◽  
Simple Limit

We explicitly apply localization results to study the interpolation between three- and two-dimensional mirror symmetries for Abelian gauge theories with four supercharges. We first use the ellipsoid [Formula: see text] partition functions to verify the mirror symmetry between a pair of general three-dimensional 𝒩 = 2 Abelian Chern–Simons quiver gauge theories. These expressions readily factorize into holomorphic blocks and their antiholomorphic copies, so we can also obtain the partition functions on S1×S2 via fusion procedure. We then demonstrate S1×S2 partition functions for the three-dimensional Abelian gauge theories can be dimensionally reduced to the S2 partition functions of 𝒩 = (2, 2) GLSM and Landau–Ginzburg model for the corresponding two-dimensional mirror pair, as anticipated previously in M. Aganagic et al., J. High Energy Phys.0107, 022 (2001). We also comment on the analogous interpolation for the non-Abelian gauge theories and compute the K-theory vortex partition function for a simple limit to verify the prediction from holomorphic block.

scholarly journals The Partition Function in the Four-Dimensional Schwarz-Type Topological Half-Flat Two-Form Gravity

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (06) ◽  
pp. 381-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuko Abe
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Gravity Model ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
K3 Surface ◽  
Analytic Manifold ◽  
Rham Complex ◽  
De Rham ◽  
Complex Analytic Manifold ◽  
Equivalent Class

We derive the partition functions of the Schwarz-type four-dimensional topological half-flat two-form gravity model on K3-surface or T4 up to on-shell one-loop corrections. In this model the bosonic moduli spaces describe an equivalent class of a trio of the Einstein–Kähler forms (the hyper-Kähler forms). The integrand of the partition function is represented by the product of some [Formula: see text]-torsions. [Formula: see text]-torsion is the extension of R-torsion for the de Rham complex to that for the [Formula: see text]-complex of a complex analytic manifold.

scholarly journals Topological vertex for 6d SCFTs with ℤ2-twist

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee-Cheol Kim ◽  
Minsung Kim ◽  
Sung-Soo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Outer Automorphism ◽  
Elliptic Genus ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Topological Vertex

Abstract We compute the partition function for 6d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 SO(2N) gauge theories compactified on a circle with ℤ2 outer automorphism twist. We perform the computation based on 5-brane webs with two O5-planes using topological vertex with two O5-planes. As representative examples, we consider 6d SO(8) and SU(3) gauge theories with ℤ2 twist. We confirm that these partition functions obtained from the topological vertex with O5-planes indeed agree with the elliptic genus computations.

scholarly journals ON THE HOLOMORPHICALLY FACTORIZED PARTITION FUNCTION FOR ABELIAN GAUGE THEORY IN SIX DIMENSIONS

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 383-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREAS GUSTAVSSON
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Partition Function ◽  
Gauge Field ◽  
Hamiltonian Formulation ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Modular Invariant ◽  
Abelian Gauge ◽  
Abelian Gauge Theory ◽  
Six Dimensions ◽  
The One

We use holomorphic factorization to find the partition functions of an Abelian two-form chiral gauge-field on a flat six-torus. We prove that exactly one of these partition functions is modular invariant. It turns out to be the one that previously has been found in a Hamiltonian formulation.

scholarly journals Argyres-Douglas theories, S-duality and AGT correspondence

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takuya Kimura ◽  
Takahiro Nishinaka ◽  
Yuji Sugawara ◽  
Takahiro Uetoko
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Point ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Gauge Coupling ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Duality Group ◽  
Formula One ◽  
Direct Sum ◽  
Heisenberg Algebras ◽  
Agt Correspondence

Abstract We propose a Nekrasov-type formula for the instanton partition functions of four-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 U(2) gauge theories coupled to (A1, D2n) Argyres-Douglas theories. This is carried out by extending the generalized AGT correspondence to the case of U(2) gauge group, which requires us to define irregular states of the direct sum of Virasoro and Heisenberg algebras. Using our formula, one can evaluate the contribution of the (A1, D2n) theory at each fixed point on the U(2) instanton moduli space. As an application, we evaluate the instanton partition function of the (A3, A3) theory to find it in a peculiar relation to that of SU(2) gauge theory with four fundamental flavors. From this relation, we read off how the S-duality group acts on the UV gauge coupling of the (A3, A3) theory.

scholarly journals More on topological vertex formalism for 5-brane webs with O5-plane

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirotaka Hayashi ◽  
Rui-Dong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Partition Function ◽  
Vertex Operator ◽  
Vertex Function ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Topological Vertex ◽  
Concrete Form ◽  
Nekrasov Partition Functions ◽  
Chern Simons

Abstract We propose a concrete form of a vertex function, which we call O-vertex, for the intersection between an O5-plane and a 5-brane in the topological vertex formalism, as an extension of the work of [1]. Using the O-vertex it is possible to compute the Nekrasov partition functions of 5d theories realized on any 5-brane web diagrams with O5-planes. We apply our proposal to 5-brane webs with an O5-plane and compute the partition functions of pure SO(N) gauge theories and the pure G2 gauge theory. The obtained results agree with the results known in the literature. We also compute the partition function of the pure SU(3) gauge theory with the Chern-Simons level 9. At the end we rewrite the O-vertex in a form of a vertex operator.

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