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Exact Results for SYM on $Y^{p,q}$ and $S^2\times S^2$ with Conical Singularities

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-09-04 v2

Abstract

Starting from a theory on S3×S3S^3\times S^3 and dimensionally reducing, we compute the full partition function, including flux and instanton contributions, for an N=1\mathcal{N}=1 theory of vector multiplets and hypermultiplets on five-dimensional toric Sasakian manifolds Yp,qY^{p,q}. Dimensionally reducing, we obtain the partition function for Pestun-like theories on a class of manifolds whose topology is S2×S2S^2\times S^2. Generalizing the procedure starting from branched covers of S3×S3S^3\times S^3, we reduce to a theory on Yp,qY^{p,q} with codimension two twist defects. Exploiting a proposed equivalence with partition functions on spaces with orbifold singularities, our results provide the partition function of an N=2\mathcal{N}=2 theory on the product of two spindles.

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@article{arxiv.2502.13614,
  title  = {Exact Results for SYM on $Y^{p,q}$ and $S^2\times S^2$ with Conical Singularities},
  author = {Lorenzo Ruggeri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.13614},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

29 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in JHEP