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.

scholarly journals 6d/5d exceptional gauge theories from web diagrams

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirotaka Hayashi ◽  
Hee-Cheol Kim ◽  
Kantaro Ohmori
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Topological Vertex ◽  
Nekrasov Partition Functions ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
The Web ◽  
Kaluza Klein

Abstract We construct novel web diagrams with a trivalent or quadrivalent gluing for various 6d/5d theories from certain Higgsings of 6d conformal matter theories on a circle. The theories realized on the web diagrams include 5d Kaluza-Klein theories from circle compactifications of the 6d G2 gauge theory with 4 flavors, the 6d F4 gauge theory with 3 flavors, the 6d E6 gauge theory with 4 flavors and the 6d E7 gauge theory with 3 flavors. The Higgsings also give rise to 5d Kaluza-Klein theories from twisted compactifications of 6d theories including the 5d pure SU(3) gauge theory with the Chern-Simons level 9 and the 5d pure SU(4) gauge theory with the Chern-Simons level 8. We also compute the Nekrasov partition functions of the theories by applying the topological vertex formalism to the newly obtained web diagrams.

Chern–Simons gauge theory and symplectic quantum mechanics

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (9) ◽  
pp. 971-973
Author(s):  
Lisa Jeffrey
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Partition Function ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Action Functional ◽  
Symplectic Action ◽  
Chern Simons

We describe the relation between the Chern–Simons gauge theory partition function and the partition function defined using the symplectic action functional as the Lagrangian. We show that the partition functions obtained using these two Lagrangians agree, and we identify the semiclassical formula for the partition function defined using the symplectic action functional. We also compute the semiclassical formulas for the partition functions obtained using the two different Lagrangians: the Chern–Simons functional and the symplectic action functional.

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 Five-dimensional gauge theories on spheres with negative couplings

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Minahan ◽  
Anton Nedelin
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Hooft Coupling ◽  
Instanton Contribution ◽  
Sphere Radius ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge ◽  
Chern Simons

Abstract We consider supersymmetric gauge theories on S5 with a negative Yang-Mills coupling in their large N limits. Using localization we compute the partition functions and show that the pure SU(N) gauge theory descends to an SU(N/2)+N/2× SU(N/2)−N/2× SU(2) Chern-Simons gauge theory as the inverse ’t Hooft coupling is taken to negative infinity for N even. The Yang-Mills coupling of the SU(N/2)±N/2 is positive and infinite, while that on the SU(2) goes to zero. We also show that the odd N case has somewhat different behavior. We then study the SU(N/2)N/2 pure Chern-Simons theory. While the eigenvalue density is only found numerically, we show that its width equals 1 in units of the inverse sphere radius, which allows us to find the leading correction to the free energy when turning on the Yang-Mills term. We then consider USp(2N) theories with an antisymmetric hypermultiplet and Nf< 8 fundamental hypermultiplets and carry out a similar analysis. Along the way we show that the one-instanton contribution to the partition function remains exponentially suppressed at negative coupling for the SU(N) theories in the large N limit.

scholarly journals Surface defects on E-string from 5-brane webs

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Soo Kim ◽  
Yuji Sugimoto ◽  
Futoshi Yagi
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Partition Function ◽  
Surface Defect ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Surface Defects ◽  
Elliptic Genus ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Global Symmetry ◽  
Geometric Transition ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge

Abstract We study 6d E-string theory with defects on a circle. Our basic strategy is to apply the geometric transition to the supersymmetric gauge theories. First, we calculate the partition functions of the 5d SU(3)0 gauge theory with 10 flavors, which is UV-dual to the 5d Sp(2) gauge theory with 10 flavors, based on two different 5-brane web diagrams, and check that two partition functions agree with each other. Then, by utilizing the geometric transition, we find the surface defect partition function for E-string on ℝ4 × T2. We also discuss that our result is consistent with the elliptic genus. Based on the result, we show how the global symmetry is broken by the defects, and discuss that the breaking pattern depends on where/how we insert the defects.

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 Three-dimensional 𝒩 = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories and partition functions on Seifert manifolds: A review

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (23) ◽  
pp. 1930011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyril Closset ◽  
Heeyeon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Exact Results ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Seifert Manifolds ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge ◽  
Chern Simons

We give a pedagogical introduction to the study of supersymmetric partition functions of 3D [Formula: see text] supersymmetric Chern–Simons-matter theories (with an [Formula: see text]-symmetry) on half-BPS closed three-manifolds — including [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and any Seifert three-manifold. Three-dimensional gauge theories can flow to nontrivial fixed points in the infrared. In the presence of 3D [Formula: see text] supersymmetry, many exact results are known about the strongly-coupled infrared, due in good part to powerful localization techniques. We review some of these techniques and emphasize some more recent developments, which provide a simple and comprehensive formalism for the exact computation of half-BPS observables on closed three-manifolds (partition functions and correlation functions of line operators). Along the way, we also review simple examples of 3D infrared dualities. The computation of supersymmetric partition functions provides exceedingly precise tests of these dualities.

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 On partition functions of refined Chern-Simons theories on S3

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.Y. Avetisyan ◽  
R.L. Mkrtchyan
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Gauge Group ◽  
Topological Strings ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Coupling Constant ◽  
Sine Functions ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Arbitrary Gauge ◽  
Chern Simons Theory

Abstract We present a new expression for the partition function of the refined Chern-Simons theory on S3 with an arbitrary gauge group, which is explicitly equal to 1 when the coupling constant is zero. Using this form of the partition function we show that the previously known Krefl-Schwarz representation of the partition function of the refined Chern-Simons theory on S3 can be generalized to all simply laced algebras.For all non-simply laced gauge algebras, we derive similar representations of that partition function, which makes it possible to transform it into a product of multiple sine functions aiming at the further establishment of duality with the refined topological strings.

scholarly journals Partial Resolution of Complex Cones over Fanoℬ

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddharth Dwivedi ◽  
P. Ramadevi
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Inverse Algorithm ◽  
Quiver Gauge Theory ◽  
Partial Resolution ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Matter Fields

In our recent paper, we systematized an inverse algorithm to obtain quiver gauge theory living on theM2-branes probing the singularities of a special kind of Calabi-Yau fourfold which were complex cones over toric Fanoℙ3,ℬ1,ℬ2,ℬ3. These quiver gauge theories cannot be given a dimer tiling presentation. We use the method of partial resolution to show that the toric data ofℂ4and Fanoℙ3can be embedded inside the toric data of Fanoℬtheories. This method indirectly justifies that the two-node quiver Chern-Simons theories corresponding toℂ4, Fanoℙ3, and their orbifolds can be obtained by higgsing matter fields of the three-node parent quiver corresponding to Fanoℬ1,ℬ2,ℬ3,ℬ4threefold.

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