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Orthosymplectic Donaldson-Thomas theory

Algebraic Geometry 2025-03-27 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We construct and study Donaldson-Thomas invariants counting orthogonal and symplectic objects in linear categories, which are a generalization of the usual Donaldson-Thomas invariants from the structure groups GL(n)\mathrm{GL} (n) to the groups O(n)\mathrm{O} (n) and Sp(2n)\mathrm{Sp} (2n), and a special case of the intrinsic Donaldson-Thomas theory developed by the author, Halpern-Leistner, Ib\'a\~nez N\'u\~nez, and Kinjo. Our invariants are defined using the motivic Hall algebra and its orthosymplectic analogue, the motivic Hall module. We prove wall-crossing formulae for our invariants, which relate the invariants with respect to different stability conditions. As examples, we define Donaldson-Thomas invariants counting orthogonal and symplectic perfect complexes on a Calabi-Yau threefold, and Donaldson-Thomas invariants counting self-dual representations of a self-dual quiver with potential. In the case of quivers, we compute the invariants explicitly in some cases. We also define a motivic version of Vafa-Witten invariants counting orthogonal and symplectic Higgs complexes on a class of algebraic surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.2503.20667,
  title  = {Orthosymplectic Donaldson-Thomas theory},
  author = {Chenjing Bu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.20667},
  year   = {2025}
}

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55 pages; supersedes arXiv:2302.00038

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