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We use the 5-sphere partition functions of supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories to explore the (2,0) superconformal theory on S^5 x S^1. The 5d theories can be regarded as Scherk-Schwarz reductions of the 6d theory along the circle. In a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 Hee-Cheol Kim , Seok Kim

We study the hemisphere partition function of a three-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric $U(N)$ gauge theory with one adjoint and one fundamental hypermultiplet -- the ADHM quiver theory. In particular, we propose a distinguished…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-07 Samuel Crew , Nick Dorey , Daniel Zhang

We present general results on generating $\text{AdS}_2$ solutions to Type II supergravity from $\text{AdS}_3$ solutions via U(1) and SL(2) T-dualities. We focus on a class of Type IIB solutions with small $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetry, that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-26 Andrea Conti , Yolanda Lozano , Niall T. Macpherson

We study the perturbative large-$N$ expansion of the round three-sphere partition function in a class of M2-brane theories, including flavored SYM and ABJM theories as well as more general 3d theories admitting dual $(p,q)$ 5-brane web…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-12 Kiril Hristov , Naotaka Kubo , Yi Pang

We study globally supersymmetric 3d gauge theories on curved manifolds by describing the coupling of 3d topological gauge theories, with both Yang-Mills and Chern-Simons terms in the action, to background topological gravity. In our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-16 Camillo Imbimbo , Dario Rosa

Starting from a theory on $S^3\times S^3$ and dimensionally reducing, we compute the full partition function, including flux and instanton contributions, for an $\mathcal{N}=1$ theory of vector multiplets and hypermultiplets on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-04 Lorenzo Ruggeri

We compute the superconformal index of 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal theories obtained from $N$ M5-branes wrapped on a hyperbolic 3-manifold. Exploiting the 3d-3d correspondence, we use perturbative invariants of $SL(N,\mathbb{C})$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-03-30 Francesco Benini , Dongmin Gang , Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas

${\cal N} = 8$ superconformal field theories, such as the ABJM theory at Chern-Simons level $k=1$ or $2$, contain 35 scalar operators ${\cal O}_{IJ}$ with $\Delta=1$ in the ${\bf 35}_v$ representation of SO(8). The 3-point correlation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-28 Daniel Z. Freedman , Krzysztof Pilch , Silviu S. Pufu , Nicholas P. Warner

Building on the work of Gang, Kang, and Kim arXiv:2405.16377, we propose 3D bulk dual field theories for 2D $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric minimal models $SM(P, Q)$ and $W_{N}$ algebra minimal models $W_{N}(P, Q)$. We associate to $SM(P,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-07 Seungjoo Baek , Heesu Kang

We study a supersymmetric partition function of topological vortices in 3d N=4,3 gauge theories on R^2 x S^1, and use it to explore Seiberg-like dualities with Fayet-Iliopoulos deformations. We provide a detailed support of these dualities…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-04-19 Hee-Cheol Kim , Jungmin Kim , Seok Kim , Kanghoon Lee

We continue the holographic exploration of the conformal manifold of 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ S-fold SCFTs constructed by gauging the flavor symmetry of the Gaiotto-Witten $T[U(N)]$ theory. We show how to uplift the two-parameter family of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-02-09 Nikolay Bobev , Fridrik Freyr Gautason , Jesse van Muiden

We study 5d $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric field theories on closed five-manifolds $\mathcal{M}_5$ which are principal circle bundles over simply-connected K\"ahler four-manifolds, $\mathcal{M}_4$, equipped with the Donaldson-Witten twist.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-01 Cyril Closset , Horia Magureanu

We study four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric $U(N)$ gauge theory with $2N$ fundamental hypermultiplets in the self-dual $\Omega$-background. The partition function simplifies at special points of the parameter space and is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-19 Xinyu Zhang

The 1-loop partition function of the handle-body solutions in the AdS$_3$ gravity have been derived some years ago using the heat-kernel and the method of images. In the semiclassical limit, such partition function should correspond to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-27 Bin Chen , Jie-qiang Wu

We use holography and four-dimensional $\,\mathcal{N}=4\,$ gauged supergravity to collect evidence for a large class of interconnected three-dimensional $\,\mathcal{N}=2\,$ conformal field theories. On the gravity side, we construct a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-12 Miguel Chamorro-Burgos , Adolfo Guarino , Colin Sterckx

We investigate S^3/Z_n partition function of 3d N = 2 supersymmetric field theories. In a gauge theory the partition function is the sum of the contributions of sectors specified by holonomies, and we should carefully choose the relative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-04-23 Yosuke Imamura , Hiroki Matsuno , Daisuke Yokoyama

We evaluate the partition function of three dimensional theories of gravity in the quantum regime, where the AdS radius is Planck scale and the central charge is of order one. The contribution from the AdS vacuum sector can - with certain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 Alejandra Castro , Matthias R. Gaberdiel , Thomas Hartman , Alexander Maloney , Roberto Volpato

We study the topological string partition function of a class of toric, double elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau threefolds $X_{N,M}$ at a generic point in the K\"ahler moduli space. These manifolds engineer little string theories in five…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-05-16 Brice Bastian , Stefan Hohenegger , Amer Iqbal , Soo-Jong Rey

There is a remarkable connection between quantum generating functions of field theory and formal power series associated with dimensions of chains and homologies of suitable Lie algebras. We discuss the homological aspects of this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-09 L. Bonora , A. A. Bytsenko

We study the partition function associated with the democratic formulation of M-theory, focusing on its global definition and quantum properties. Using a path-integral representation that makes manifest the underlying cohomological…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-25 J. A. Rosabal