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Higgs branch localization of 3d N=2 theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-06-21 v3

Abstract

We study N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories on squashed 3-sphere and S^1xS^2. Recent studies have shown that the partition functions in a class of N=2 theories have factorized forms in terms of vortex and anti-vortex partition functions by explicitly evaluating matrix integrals obtained from Coulomb branch localization. We directly derive this structure by performing Higgs branch localization. It turns out that more general N=2 theories have this factorization property. We also discuss the factorization of supersymmetric Wilson loop.

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@article{arxiv.1312.3627,
  title  = {Higgs branch localization of 3d N=2 theories},
  author = {Masashi Fujitsuka and Masazumi Honda and Yutaka Yoshida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.3627},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

34 pages, no figure; v3:some explanations improved