Tetrahedron Instantons on Orbifolds
Abstract
Given a homomorphism from a suitable finite group to with image , we construct a cohomological gauge theory on a noncommutative resolution of the quotient singularity whose BRST fixed points are -invariant tetrahedron instantons on a generally non-effective orbifold. The partition function computes the expectation values of complex codimension one defect operators in rank cohomological Donaldson-Thomas theory on a flat gerbe over the quotient stack . We describe the generalized ADHM parametrization of the tetrahedron instanton moduli space, and evaluate the orbifold partition functions through virtual torus localization. If is an abelian group the partition function is expressed as a combinatorial series over arrays of -coloured plane partitions, while if is non-abelian the partition function localizes onto a sum over torus-invariant connected components of the moduli space labelled by lower-dimensional partitions. When is a finite abelian subgroup of , we exhibit the reduction of Donaldson-Thomas theory on the toric Calabi-Yau four-orbifold to the cohomological field theory of tetrahedron instantons, from which we express the partition function as a closed infinite product formula. We also use the crepant resolution correpondence to derive a closed formula for the partition function on any polyhedral singularity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2405.14792,
title = {Tetrahedron Instantons on Orbifolds},
author = {Richard J. Szabo and Michelangelo Tirelli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.14792},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
80 pages; v2: minor changes and corrections; v3: new discussion section added; Final version to be published in Letters in Mathematical Physics