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We analyze N = 1 theories on S5 and S4 x S1, showing how their partition functions can be written in terms of a set of fundamental 5d holomorphic blocks. We demonstrate that, when the 5d mass parameters are analytically continued to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 Fabrizio Nieri , Sara Pasquetti , Filippo Passerini , Alessandro Torrielli

We present two new families of Wilson loop operators in N= 6 supersymmetric Chern-Simons theory. The first one is defined for an arbitrary contour on the three dimensional space and it resembles the Zarembo's construction in N=4 SYM. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 V. Cardinali , L. Griguolo , G. Martelloni , D. Seminara

Three dimensional supersymmetric field theories have large moduli spaces of circular Wilson loops preserving a fixed set of supercharges. We simplify previous constructions of such Wilson loops and amend and clarify their classification.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-07-16 Nadav Drukker

We consider supersymmetric gauge theories on Riemannian three-manifolds with the topology of a three-sphere. The three-manifold is always equipped with an almost contact structure and an associated Reeb vector field. We show that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Luis F. Alday , Dario Martelli , Paul Richmond , James Sparks

We consider a pure U(1) quantum gauge field theory on a general Riemannian compact four manifold. We compute the partition function with Abelian Wilson loop insertions. We find its duality covariance properties and derive topological…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Roberto Zucchini

We generalize our picture in [arXiv:0904.1744], and consider a pure abelian gauge theory on a four-manifold with nonlocal operators of every codimension arbitrarily and simultaneously inserted. We explicitly show that (i) the theory enjoys…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-07 Meng-Chwan Tan

We propose a dictionary between geometry of triangulated 3-manifolds and physics of three-dimensional N=2 gauge theories. Under this duality, standard operations on triangulated 3-manifolds and various invariants thereof (classical as well…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-23 Tudor Dimofte , Davide Gaiotto , Sergei Gukov

We prove that 3d superconformal index for general $\mathcal N=2$ U(N) gauge group with fundamentals and anti-fundmentals with/without Chern-Simons terms is factorized into vortex and anti-vortex partition function. We show that for simple…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-08-19 Chiung Hwang , Hee-Cheol Kim , Jaemo Park

We examine three point functions with two scalar operators and a higher spin current in 2d W_N minimal model to the next non-trivial order in 1/N expansion. The minimal model was proposed to be dual to a 3d higher spin gauge theory, and 1/N…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-11 Yasuaki Hikida , Takahiro Uetoko

We prove the equivalence of a class of generalised Schur partition functions $\mathcal Z_G(q;\alpha)$ of 4d $\mathcal N=2$ superconformal gauge theories to contour integral representations of vector-valued modular forms of the type that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-14 A. Ramesh Chandra , Sunil Mukhi , Palash Singh

We propose and demonstrate a limiting procedure in which, starting from the q-lifted version (or K-theoretic five dimensional version) of the (W)AGT conjecture to be assumed in this paper, the Virasoro/W block is generated in the r-th root…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Hiroshi Itoyama , Takeshi Oota , Reiji Yoshioka

U(1) gauge theory on ${\bf R}^4$ is known to possess an electric-magnetic duality symmetry that inverts the coupling constant and extends to an action of $SL(2,{\bf Z})$. In this paper, the duality is studied on a general four-manifold and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-07 Edward Witten

We consider a two parameter family of $Z_2$ gauge theories on a lattice discretization $T(M)$ of a 3-manifold $M$ and its relation to topological field theories. Familiar models such as the spin-gauge model are curves on a parameter space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-10-10 Miguel J. B. Ferreira , Victor A. Pereira , P. Teotonio-Sobrinho

We consider $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric pure gauge theories on toric K\"ahler manifolds, with particular emphasis on $\mathbb{CP}^2$. By choosing a vector generating a $U(1)$ action inside the torus of the manifold, we construct…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-16 Diego Rodriguez-Gomez , Johannes Schmude

We find new exact relations between the partition function and vacuum expectation values (VEVs) of 1/2 BPS Wilson loops in ABJ theory, which allow us to predict the large N expansions of the 1/2 BPS Wilson loops from known results of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-23 Yasuyuki Hatsuda , Kazumi Okuyama

We study generalized gauge theories engineered by taking the low energy limit of the $Dp$ branes wrapping $X \times T^{p-3}$, with $X$ a possibly singular surface in a Calabi-Yau fourfold $Z$. For toric $Z$ and $X$ the partition function…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 Nikita Nekrasov

We define the partition and $n$-point functions for a vertex operator algebra on a genus two Riemann surface formed by sewing two tori together. We obtain closed formulas for the genus two partition function for the Heisenberg free bosonic…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2015-05-14 Geoffrey Mason , Michael P. Tuite

We study supersymmetric Wilson loops in $d=3$, $\mathcal{N}=3$ harmonic superspace, leading to a construction of a supersymmetrized generalization of the $\frac{1}{3}$-BPS Wilson loop for $\mathcal{N}=3$ gauge theories. This also includes a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-27 Yu-tin Huang , Dharmesh Jain

I propose a class of D\geq{2} lattice SU(N) gauge theories dual to certain vector models endowed with the local [U(N)]^{D} conjugation-invariance and Z_{N} gauge symmetry. In the latter models, both the partitition function and Wilson loop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrey Dubin

We prove the connection between the Nekrasov partition function of N=2 super-symmetric U(2) gauge theory with adjoint matter and conformal blocks for the Virasoro algebra, as predicted by the Alday-Gaiotto-Tachikawa relations.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-20 Andrei Neguţ