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Instanton Corrections for m and Omega

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-06-07 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we study instanton corrections in the N=2* gauge theory by using its description in string theory as a freely-acting orbifold. The latter is used to compute, using the worldsheet, the deformation of the Yang-Mills action. In addition, we calculate the deformed instanton partition function, thus extending the results to the non-perturbative sector of the gauge theory. As we point out, the structure of the deformation is extremely similar to the Omega-deformation, therefore confirming the universality of the construction. Finally, we comment on the realisation of the mass deformation using physical vertex operators by exploiting the equivalence between Scherk-Schwarz deformations and freely-acting orbifolds.

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@article{arxiv.1612.06414,
  title  = {Instanton Corrections for m and Omega},
  author = {Micha Moskovic and Ahmad Zein Assi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.06414},
  year   = {2017}
}
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