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(de)Tails of Toda CFT

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-07-13 v2

Abstract

The relation between the partition function of N=2 gauge theories in 4d and conformal Toda field theory in 2d is explained for the case where the 4d theory is a linear quiver with "quiver tails". That is when the 4d theory has gauge groups of different rank. We propose an identification of a subset of the states of Toda CFT which represent the Coulomb-branch parameters of the different rank gauge multiplets and study their three-point functions and descendants.

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@article{arxiv.1012.1352,
  title  = {(de)Tails of Toda CFT},
  author = {Nadav Drukker and Filippo Passerini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.1352},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

28 pages, 4 figures; v2: Added analysis of the Seiberg-Witten curve and some minor changes