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Positive Traces on Certain ${\rm SL}(2)$ Coulomb Branches

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-04-14 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

For a noncommutative algebra A\mathcal{A} and an antilinear automorphism ρ\rho of A\mathcal{A}, there is a notion of a positive trace. When we have a three-dimensional N=4\mathcal{N}=4 gauge theory or four-dimensional N=2\mathcal{N}=2 gauge theory compactified on a circle, classification of positive traces on its Coulomb branch A\mathcal{A} can give a better understanding of this theory. We classify positive traces on A\mathcal{A} in two cases. The first case is when A\mathcal{A} is a quantization of a Kleinian singularity of type DD, with certain restriction on the quantization parameter. The second case is when A=KSL(2,C[[t]])Cq×(GrPGL2)\mathcal{A}=K^{{\rm SL}(2,\mathbb{C}[[t]])\rtimes \mathbb{C}_q^{\times}}({\rm Gr}_{{\rm PGL}_2}) is an algebra containing KK-theoretic Coulomb branches of pure SL(2){\rm SL}(2) and PGL(2){\rm PGL}(2) gauge theories.

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@article{arxiv.2507.19447,
  title  = {Positive Traces on Certain ${\rm SL}(2)$ Coulomb Branches},
  author = {Daniil Klyuev and Joseph Vulakh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.19447},
  year   = {2026}
}
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