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Super Topological Recursion and Gaiotto Vectors For Superconformal Blocks

Mathematical Physics 2022-05-18 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

We investigate a relation between the super topological recursion and Gaiotto vectors for N=1\mathcal{N}=1 superconformal blocks. Concretely, we introduce the notion of the untwisted and μ\mu-twisted super topological recursion, and construct a dual algebraic description in terms of super Airy structures. We then show that the partition function of an appropriate super Airy structure coincides with the Gaiotto vector for N=1\mathcal{N}=1 superconformal blocks in the Neveu-Schwarz or Ramond sector. Equivalently, the Gaiotto vector can be computed by the untwisted or μ\mu-twisted super topological recursion. This implies that the framework of the super topological recursion -- equivalently super Airy structures -- can be applied to compute the Nekrasov partition function of N=2\mathcal{N}=2 pure U(2)U(2) supersymmetric gauge theory on C2/Z2\mathbb{C}^2/\mathbb{Z}_2 via a conjectural extension of the Alday-Gaiotto-Tachikawa correspondence.

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@article{arxiv.2107.04588,
  title  = {Super Topological Recursion and Gaiotto Vectors For Superconformal Blocks},
  author = {Kento Osuga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.04588},
  year   = {2022}
}

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38 pages, presentation changed, accepted version in LMP

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