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Localization on three-dimensional manifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-10-25 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In this review article we describe the localization of three dimensional N=2 supersymmetric theories on compact manifolds, including the squashed sphere, S^3_b, the lens space, S^3_b/Z_p, and S^2 x S^1. We describe how to write supersymmetric actions on these spaces, and then compute the partition functions and other supersymmetric observables by employing the localization argument. We briefly survey some applications of these computations.

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@article{arxiv.1608.02958,
  title  = {Localization on three-dimensional manifolds},
  author = {Brian Willett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.02958},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

This is a contribution to the review volume `Localization techniques in quantum field theories' (eds. V. Pestun and M. Zabzine) which contains 17 Chapters. The complete volume is summarized in arXiv:1608.02952 and it can be downloaded at https://arxiv.org/src/1608.02952/anc/LocQFT.pdf or http://pestun.ihes.fr/pages/LocalizationReview/LocQFT.pdf

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