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S-duality as Fourier transform for arbitrary $\epsilon_1,\epsilon_2$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-04-21 v2

Abstract

The AGT relations reduce S-duality to the modular transformations of conformal blocks. It was recently conjectured that for the four-point conformal block the modular transform up to the non-perturbative contributions can be written in form of the ordinary Fourier transform when βϵ1/ϵ2=1\beta\equiv-\epsilon_1/\epsilon_2=1. Here we extend this conjecture to general values of ϵ1,ϵ2\epsilon_1,\epsilon_2. Namely, we argue that for a properly normalized four-point conformal block the S-duality is perturbatively given by the Fourier transform for arbitrary values of the deformation parameters ϵ1,ϵ2\epsilon_1,\epsilon_2. The conjecture is based on explicit perturbative computations in the first few orders of the string coupling constant g2ϵ1ϵ2g^2\equiv-\epsilon_1\epsilon_2 and hypermultiplet masses.

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@article{arxiv.1307.0773,
  title  = {S-duality as Fourier transform for arbitrary $\epsilon_1,\epsilon_2$},
  author = {N. Nemkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.0773},
  year   = {2014}
}

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17 pages

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