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Super-Whittaker vector at c=3/2

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-16 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The degenerate Whittaker vector of the superconformal algebra can be represented in terms of Jack superpolynomials. However, in this representation the norm of the Whittaker vector involves a scalar product with respect to which the Jack superpolynomials are not orthogonal. In this note, we point out that this defect can be cured at c=3/2 by means of a trick specific to the supersymmetric case. At c=3/2, we thus end up with a closed-form expression for the norm of the degenerate super-Whittaker vector. Granting the super-version of the AGT conjecture, this closed-form expression should be equal to the Z_2-symmetric SU(2) pure-gauge instanton partition function -- the corresponding equality taking the form of a rather nontrivial combinatorial identity.

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@article{arxiv.1306.4227,
  title  = {Super-Whittaker vector at c=3/2},
  author = {P. Desrosiers and L. Lapointe and P. Mathieu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.4227},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages

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