Elliptic Quantum Curves of Class $\mathcal{S}_k$
Abstract
Quantum curves arise from Seiberg-Witten curves associated to 4d gauge theories by promoting coordinates to non-commutative operators. In this way the algebraic equation of the curve is interpreted as an operator equation where a Hamiltonian acts on a wave-function with zero eigenvalue. We find that this structure generalises when one considers torus-compactified 6d SCFTs. The corresponding quantum curves are elliptic in nature and hence the associated eigenvectors/eigenvalues can be expressed in terms of Jacobi forms. In this paper we focus on the class of 6d SCFTs arising from M5 branes transverse to a singularity. In the limit where the compactified 2-torus has zero size, the corresponding 4d theories are known as class . We explicitly show that the eigenvectors associated to the quantum curve are expectation values of codimension 2 surface operators, while the corresponding eigenvalues are codimension 4 Wilson surface expectation values.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2008.05155,
title = {Elliptic Quantum Curves of Class $\mathcal{S}_k$},
author = {Jin Chen and Babak Haghighat and Hee-Cheol Kim and Marcus Sperling},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.05155},
year = {2021}
}
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65 pages, 3 figures