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Four-Dimensional N=2 Supersymmetric Theory with Boundary as a Two-Dimensional Complex Toda Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-05-26 v2

Abstract

We perform a series of dimensional reductions of the 6d, N=(2,0)\mathcal{N}=(2,0) SCFT on S2×Σ×I×S1S^2\times\Sigma\times I\times S^1 down to 2d on Σ\Sigma. The reductions are performed in three steps: (i) a reduction on S1S^1 (accompanied by a topological twist along Σ\Sigma) leading to a supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on S2×Σ×IS^2\times\Sigma\times I, (ii) a further reduction on S2S^2 resulting in a complex Chern--Simons theory defined on Σ×I\Sigma\times I, with the real part of the complex Chern-Simons level being zero, and the imaginary part being proportional to the ratio of the radii of S2S^2 and S1S^1, and (iii) a final reduction to the boundary modes of complex Chern--Simons theory with the Nahm pole boundary condition at both ends of the interval II, which gives rise to a complex Toda CFT on the Riemann surface Σ\Sigma. As the reduction of the 6d theory on Σ\Sigma would give rise to an N=2\mathcal{N}=2 supersymmetric theory on S2×I×S1S^2\times I\times S^1, our results imply a 4d-2d duality between four-dimensional N=2\mathcal{N}=2 supersymmetric theory with boundary and two-dimensional complex Toda theory.

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@article{arxiv.1701.03298,
  title  = {Four-Dimensional N=2 Supersymmetric Theory with Boundary as a Two-Dimensional Complex Toda Theory},
  author = {Yuan Luo and Meng-Chwan Tan and Petr Vasko and Qin Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.03298},
  year   = {2017}
}

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29 pages, minor changes, published version