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The study of Coulomb branches of 3-dimensional N=4 gauge theories via the associated Hilbert series, the so-called monopole formula, has been proven useful not only for 3-dimensional theories, but also for Higgs branches of 5 and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-28 Amihay Hanany , Marcus Sperling

We introduce a class of Vertex Operator Algebras which arise at junctions of supersymmetric interfaces in ${\cal N}=4$ Super Yang Mills gauge theory. These vertex algebras satisfy non-trivial duality relations inherited from S-duality of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-21 Davide Gaiotto , Miroslav Rapčák

We introduce several families of $\mathcal{N}=(2,2)$ UV boundary conditions in 3d $\mathcal N=4$ gauge theories and study their IR images in sigma-models to the Higgs and Coulomb branches. In the presence of Omega deformations, a UV…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-23 Mathew Bullimore , Tudor Dimofte , Davide Gaiotto , Justin Hilburn

We propose a construction of the quantum-corrected Coulomb branch of a general 3d gauge theory with $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetry, in terms of local coordinates associated with an abelianized theory. In a fixed complex structure, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-24 Mathew Bullimore , Tudor Dimofte , Davide Gaiotto

This is a supplement to [arXiv:1503.03676], where an approach towards a mathematically rigorous definition of the Coulomb branch of a $3$-dimensional $\mathcal N=4$ SUSY gauge theory was proposed. We ask questions on their expected…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 Hiraku Nakajima

We review "quantum" invariants of closed oriented 3-dimensional manifolds arising from operator algebras.

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Yasuyuki Kawahigashi

We study the Coulomb-branch sector of 3D $\mathcal{N}=4$ gauge theories with half-hypermultiplets in general pseudoreal representations $\mathbf{R}$ ("noncotangent" theories). This yields (short) quantization of the Coulomb branch and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-01 Mykola Dedushenko , Daniel Resnick

In this paper, we study a new kind of vertex operator algebra related to the twisted Heisenberg-Virasoro algebra, which we call the twisted Heisenberg-Virasoro vertex operator algebra, and its modules. Specifically, we present some results…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2016-12-22 Hongyan Guo , Qing Wang

We study moduli spaces of twisted quasimaps to a hypertoric variety $X$, arising as the Higgs branch of an abelian supersymmetric gauge theory in three dimensions. These parametrise general quiver representations whose building blocks are…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-21 Michael McBreen , Artan Sheshmani , Shing-Tung Yau

We use a result of Barron, Dong and Mason to give a natural isomorphism between the category of twisted modules and the category of quasi-modules of a certain type for a general vertex operator algebra.

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Haisheng Li

A large class of supersymmetric quantum field theories, including all theories with $\mathcal{N} = 2$ supersymmetry in three dimensions and theories with $\mathcal{N} = 2$ supersymmetry in four dimensions, possess topological-holomorphic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-11 Jihwan Oh , Junya Yagi

We investigate 2d $\mathcal{N}=(0,4)$ supersymmetric theories obtained from a topologically-twisted reduction of 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ class $\mathcal{S}$ theories on a Riemann surface. This study addresses subtle aspects of central charges,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-25 Wei Cui , Junkang Huang , Zi-Xiao Huang , Satoshi Nawata , Shutong Zhuang

We study the local properties of a class of codimension-2 defects of the 6d N=(2,0) theories of type J=A,D,E labeled by nilpotent orbits of a Lie algebra \mathfrak{g}, where \mathfrak{g} is determined by J and the outer-automorphism twist…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 Oscar Chacaltana , Jacques Distler , Yuji Tachikawa

This is the sixth article in the collection of reviews "Exact results on N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories", ed. J.Teschner. It is discussed how to use localisation techniques for the calculation of expectation values of Wilson and 't Hooft…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-31 Takuya Okuda

This is the companion paper of the letter arXiv:2410.15695, containing all the details and series of examples on a 4d mirror symmetry for the class-$\mathcal{S}$ theories which relates the representation theory of the chiral quantization of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-05 Yiwen Pan , Wenbin Yan

In this paper, we present an explicit construction of twisted traces for quantum Coulomb branches of conical theories. We develop an operator representation of the Coulomb branch algebra and use it to derive integral formulas for the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-24 Keke Zhang

This paper classifies all Higgs branch Higgsing patterns for simply-laced unitary quiver gauge theories with eight supercharges (including multiple loops) and introduces a Higgs branch subtraction algorithm. All possible minimal transitions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-25 Sam Bennett , Amihay Hanany , Guhesh Kumaran , Chunhao Li , Deshuo Liu , Marcus Sperling

We study 1+1-dimensional theories of vector and hypermultiplets with (4,4) supersymmetry. Despite strong infrared fluctuations, these theories flow in general to distinct conformal field theories on the Coulomb and Higgs branches. In some…

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

This paper is devoted to the analysis of charged superselection sectors in the framework of the locally covariant quantum field theories. We shall analize sharply localizable charges, and use net-cohomology of J.E. Roberts as a main tool.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Romeo Brunetti , Giuseppe Ruzzi

In three-dimensional gauge theories, monopole operators create and destroy vortices. We explore this idea in the context of 3d N=4 gauge theories in the presence of an Omega-background. In this case, monopole operators generate a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-02-01 Mathew Bullimore , Tudor Dimofte , Davide Gaiotto , Justin Hilburn , Hee-Cheol Kim