Quarter-indices for basic ortho-symplectic corners
High Energy Physics - Theory
2026-04-30 v1
Abstract
We study supersymmetric quarter-indices for corner configurations in 4d super Yang-Mills theory with orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups. For the basic Y-junctions, we obtain exact closed-form expressions for the indices by making use of the Gustafson type integral formula and the Higgsing method. We demonstrate the equality of the quarter-indices between dual configurations, providing evidence for S-duality of the corner configurations. In the special fugacity limit, the indices admit an interpretation in terms of the vacuum characters of the W-algebras of type BCD, and the Lie superalgebra as the corner vertex operator algebras.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.26418,
title = {Quarter-indices for basic ortho-symplectic corners},
author = {Yasuyuki Hatsuda and Tadashi Okazaki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.26418},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
34 pages, 9 figures