scholarly journals Non-perturbative tests of duality cascades in three dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masazumi Honda ◽  
Naotaka Kubo
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Group ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge ◽  
Supersymmetric Theories ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Chern Simons Theory

Abstract It has been conjectured that duality cascade occurs in the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 3 supersymmetric Yang-Mills Chern-Simons theory with the gauge group U(N)k × U(N + M)−k coupled to two bi-fundamental hypermultiplets. The brane picture suggests that this duality cascade can be generalized to a class of 3d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 3 supersymmetric quiver gauge theories coming from so-called Hanany-Witten type brane configurations. In this paper we perform non-perturbative tests of the duality cascades using supersymmetry localization. We focus on S3 partition functions and prove predictions from the duality cascades. We also discuss that our result can be applied to generate new dualities for more general theories which include less supersymmetric theories and theories without brane constructions.

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 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.

COHERENT STATE QUANTIZATION OF CHERN-SIMONS THEORY

1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (05) ◽  
pp. 959-988 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHIEL BOS ◽  
V.P. NAIR
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Coherent State ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Chern Simons Theory

Three-dimensional Chern-Simons gauge theories are quantized in a functional coherent state formalism. The connection with two-dimensional conformal field theory is found to emerge naturally. The normalized wave functionals are identified as generating functionals for the chiral blocks of two-dimensional current algebra.

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 4d Chern-Simons theory as a 3d Toda theory, and a 3d-2d correspondence

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meer Ashwinkumar ◽  
Kee-Seng Png ◽  
Meng-Chwan Tan
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Sigma Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Pole Type ◽  
Type Boundary ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Manifold With Corners ◽  
Chern Simons Theory

Abstract We show that the four-dimensional Chern-Simons theory studied by Costello, Witten and Yamazaki, is, with Nahm pole-type boundary conditions, dual to a boundary theory that is a three-dimensional analogue of Toda theory with a novel 3d W-algebra symmetry. By embedding four-dimensional Chern-Simons theory in a partial twist of the five-dimensional maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on a manifold with corners, we argue that this three-dimensional Toda theory is dual to a two-dimensional topological sigma model with A-branes on the moduli space of solutions to the Bogomolny equations. This furnishes a novel 3d-2d correspondence, which, among other mathematical implications, also reveals that modules of the 3d W-algebra are modules for the quantized algebra of certain holomorphic functions on the Bogomolny moduli space.

scholarly journals Tests of Seiberg-like dualities in three dimensions

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Kapustin ◽  
Brian Willett ◽  
Itamar Yaakov
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Seiberg Duality ◽  
Monopole Operators ◽  
Real Mass ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Chern Simons

Abstract We use localization techniques to study several duality proposals for supersymmetric gauge theories in three dimensions reminiscent of Seiberg duality. We compare the partition functions of dual theories deformed by real mass terms and FI parameters. We find that Seiberg-like duality for $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 3 Chern-Simons gauge theories proposed by Giveon and Kutasov holds on the level of partition functions and is closely related to level-rank duality in pure Chern-Simons theory. We also clarify the relationship between the Giveon-Kutasov duality and a duality in theories of fractional M2 branes and propose a generalization of the latter. Our analysis also confirms previously known results concerning decoupled free sectors in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 gauge theories realized by monopole operators.

scholarly journals Higher-derivative supergravity, wrapped M5-branes, and theories of class $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{R}} $$

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Bobev ◽  
Anthony M. Charles ◽  
Dongmin Gang ◽  
Kiril Hristov ◽  
Valentin Reys
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Infinite Class ◽  
Gauge Groups ◽  
Higher Derivative ◽  
Hyperbolic Three Manifolds ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Chern Simons Theory

Abstract We study the interplay between four-derivative 4d gauged supergravity, holography, wrapped M5-branes, and theories of class $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{R}} $$ ℛ . Using results from Chern-Simons theory on hyperbolic three-manifolds and the 3d-3d correspondence we are able to constrain the two independent coefficients in the four-derivative supergravity Lagrangian. This in turn allows us to calculate the subleading terms in the large-N expansion of supersymmetric partition functions for an infinite class of three-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 SCFTs of class $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{R}} $$ ℛ . We also determine the leading correction to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of asymptotically AdS4 black holes arising from wrapped M5-branes. In addition, we propose and test some conjectures about the perturbative partition function of Chern-Simons theory with complexified ADE gauge groups on closed hyperbolic three-manifolds.

scholarly journals On resolutions of cosmological singularities in higher-spin gravity

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (15) ◽  
pp. 1950168
Author(s):  
Benjamin Burrington ◽  
Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas ◽  
Nicholas Rombes
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Group ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Gauge Potential ◽  
Cosmological Singularity ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Chern Simons Theory

We study the resolution of certain cosmological singularity in the context of higher-spin three-dimensional gravity. We consider gravity coupled to a spin-3 field realized as Chern–Simons theory with gauge group [Formula: see text]. In this context, we elaborate and extend a singularity resolution scheme proposed by Krishnan and Roy. We discuss the resolution of a big bang singularity in the case of gravity coupled to a spin-4 field realized as Chern–Simons theory with gauge group [Formula: see text]. In all these cases, we show the existence of gauge transformations that do not change the holonomy of the Chern–Simons gauge potential and lead to metrics without the initial singularity. We argue that such transformations always exist in the context of gravity coupled to a spin-[Formula: see text] field when described by Chern–Simons with gauge group [Formula: see text].

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