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Twisted Index on Hyperbolic Four-Manifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-07-24 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We introduce the topologically twisted index for four-dimensional N=1\mathcal N=1 gauge theories quantized on AdS2×S1{\rm AdS}_2 \times S^1. We compute the index by applying supersymmetric localization to partition functions of vector and chiral multiplets on AdS2×T2{\rm AdS}_2 \times T^2, with and without a boundary: in both instances we classify normalizability and boundary conditions for gauge, matter and ghost fields. The index is twisted as the dynamical fields are coupled to a R-symmetry background 1-form with non-trivial exterior derivative and proportional to the spin connection. After regularization the index is written in terms of elliptic gamma functions, reminiscent of four-dimensional holomorphic blocks, and crucially depends on the R-charge.

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@article{arxiv.2307.11634,
  title  = {Twisted Index on Hyperbolic Four-Manifolds},
  author = {Daniele Iannotti and Antonio Pittelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.11634},
  year   = {2023}
}

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