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We use localization techniques to study several duality proposals for supersymmetric gauge theories in three dimensions reminiscent of Seiberg duality. We compare the partition functions of dual theories deformed by real mass terms and FI…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-13 Anton Kapustin , Brian Willett , Itamar Yaakov

Abelian duality on the closed three-dimensional Riemannian manifold M is discussed. Partition functions for the ordinary U(1) gauge theory and a circle-valued scalar field theory on M are explicitly calculated and compared. It is shown that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Boguslaw Broda , Grzegorz Duniec

In this review article we describe the localization of three dimensional N=2 supersymmetric theories on compact manifolds, including the squashed sphere, S^3_b, the lens space, S^3_b/Z_p, and S^2 x S^1. We describe how to write…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-25 Brian Willett

We describe the general BPS system that governs the gravity duals of N=(0,2) two-dimensional superconformal field theories in the low-energy limit of M5-branes on a four-manifold, M4. In order to preserve supersymmetry, we restrict to cases…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-08-19 Ibrahima Bah , Vasilis Stylianou

In this paper, we consider solutions and spectral functions of M-theory from Milne spaces with extra free dimensions. Conformal deformations to the metric associated with the real hyperbolic space forms are derived. For the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-19 A. A. Bytsenko , M. E. X. Guimaraes , R. Kerner

Partition functions for M2-brane theories in various backgrounds are computed. We consider in particular configurations of membranes at orbifold singularities preserving N=5 or N=6 supersymmetry. The worldvolume membrane theory for some of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Amihay Hanany , Noppadol Mekareeya , Alberto Zaffaroni

We study the supersymmetric partition function of 4d supersymmetric gauge theories with a U(1) R-symmetry on Euclidean $S^3\times S_\beta^1$, with $S^3$ the unit-radius squashed three-sphere, and $\beta$ the circumference of the circle. For…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-05 Arash Arabi Ardehali

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

In this paper we briefly review the main idea of the localization technique and its extension suitable in supersymmetric gauge field theory. We analyze the partition function of the vector multiplets with supercharges and its blocks on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-25 A. A. Bytsenko , M. Chaichian , A. E. Gonçalves

We present a new gauging of maximal supergravity in five spacetime dimensions with gauge group containing ISO(5), involving the local scaling symmetry of the metric, and admitting a supersymmetric anti-de Sitter vacuum. We show this maximal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-14 Ritabrata Bhattacharya , Abhay Katyal , Oscar Varela

We study the large $N$ limit of partition functions for 5d supersymmetric gauge theories with fundamental matter. Depending on the matter content, we find that the scaling behaviour at the leading order can be either $N^2$ or…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-30 Dharmesh Jain

Large classes of warped AdS$_6$ solutions were constructed recently in Type IIB supergravity, and identified as holographic duals for five-dimensional superconformal field theories realized by $(p,q)$ five-brane webs. We confront…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-31 Martin Fluder , Christoph F. Uhlemann

We study $\mathbb{Z}_N$ one-form center symmetries in four-dimensional gauge theories using the symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT). In this context, the associated TFT in the five-dimensional bulk is the BF model. We revisit its…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-27 Zhihao Duan , Qiang Jia , Sungjay Lee

Through consistent Kaluza-Klein reduction, we construct 3D $\mathcal{N} =2$ gauged supergravities corresponding to twisted compactifications of M5-branes on a product of constant curvature Riemann surfaces, including K\"{a}hler-Einstein…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-04-07 Parinya Karndumri , Eoin Ó Colgáin

We consider $d=3$, $\mathcal{N}=2$ gauge theories arising on membranes sitting at the apex of an arbitrary toric Calabi-Yau 4-fold cone singularity that are then further compactified on a Riemann surface, $\Sigma_g$, with a topological…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-28 Jerome P. Gauntlett , Dario Martelli , James Sparks

We present the gravity dual to a class of three-dimensional N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories on a U(1) x U(1)-invariant squashed three-sphere, with a non-trivial background gauge field. This is described by a supersymmetric solution of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-03 Dario Martelli , Achilleas Passias , James Sparks

We construct $AdS_3\times Y_7$ solutions of type IIB supergravity, where $Y_7$ is a smooth $S^5$ bundle over a spindle $\Sigma(n_N,n_S)$, which are dual to $\mathcal{N}=(0,2)$ SCFTs in $d=2$. The solutions are constructed using the $D=5$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-21 Igal Arav , Jerome P. Gauntlett , Matthew M. Roberts , Christopher Rosen

We derive non-Abelian localization formulae for supersymmetric Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory with matters on a Seifert manifold M, which is the three-dimensional space of a circle bundle over a two-dimensional Riemann surface \Sigma, by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 Kazutoshi Ohta , Yutaka Yoshida

The large-$N$ limit of ABJM theory is holographically dual to M-theory on AdS$_4\times S^7/\mathbb{Z}_k$. The 3-sphere partition function has been obtained via localization, and its leading behavior $F_{\text{ABJM}}^{(0)}\sim…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-21 James T. Liu , Wenli Zhao

We consider the holographic computation of two dimensional conformal field theory partition functions on non-orientable surfaces. We classify the three dimensional geometries that give bulk saddle point contributions to the partition…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-07 Alexander Maloney , Simon F. Ross