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The $\mathcal{N}=1$ Chiral Multiplet on $T^2\times S^2$ and Supersymmetric Localization

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-17 v3

Abstract

We compute the supersymmetric partition function of an N=1\mathcal{N}=1 chiral multiplet coupled to an external Abelian gauge field on complex manifolds with T2×S2T^2 \times S^2 topology. The result is locally holomorphic in the complex structure moduli of T2×S2T^2\times S^2. This computation illustrates in a simple example some recently obtained constraints on the parameter dependence of supersymmetric partition functions. We also devise a simple method to compute the chiral multiplet partition function on any four-manifold M4\mathcal{M}_4 preserving two supercharges of opposite chiralities, via supersymmetric localization. In the case of M4=S3×S1\mathcal{M}_4=S^3\times S^1, we provide a path integral derivation of the previously known result, the elliptic gamma function, which emphasizes its dependence on the S3×S1S^3 \times S^1 complex structure moduli.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1311.2430,
  title  = {The $\mathcal{N}=1$ Chiral Multiplet on $T^2\times S^2$ and Supersymmetric Localization},
  author = {Cyril Closset and Itamar Shamir},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.2430},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

39 pages. v2: reference added; v3: corrected typos, JHEP version