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We conjecture a precise relationship between the Schur limit of the superconformal index of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ field theories, which counts local operators, and the spectrum of BPS particles on the Coulomb branch. We verify…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-17 Clay Cordova , Shu-Heng Shao

In four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory with gauge group $SU(N)$, we present a closed-form solution for a family of integrated four-point functions involving stress tensor multiplet composites of arbitrary R-charge.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-24 Hynek Paul , Eric Perlmutter , Himanshu Raj

We examine the topologically twisted index of $\mathcal N=4$ super-Yang-Mills with gauge group $SU(N)$ on $T^2\times S^2$, and demonstrate that it receives contributions from multiple sectors corresponding to the freely acting orbifolds…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-01 Junho Hong , James T. Liu

This is the 8th article in the collection of reviews "Exact results in N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories", ed. J. Teschner. The article reviews the superconformal index. It is often simpler to calculate than instanton partition functions,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-23 Leonardo Rastelli , Shlomo S. Razamat

We compute the superconformal index of the $\mathcal{N}=4$ $SU(N)$ Yang-Mills theory through a residue calculation. The method is similar in spirit to the Bethe Ansatz formalism, except that all poles are explicitly known, and we do not…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-05 Kevin Goldstein , Vishnu Jejjala , Yang Lei , Sam van Leuven , Wei Li

By the appropriate use of the Fock-Schwinger gauge properties, we derive the closed integral form of the `point-split' non-local background gauge connection originally expressed as a finite sum. This is achieved in the limit when the finite…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Emmanuel T. Rodulfo , Joseph Ambrose G. Pagaran

We calculate the Schur index of the ${\cal N}=4$ $U(N)$ SYM with finite $N$ via the AdS/CFT correspondence as the contribution of D3-branes wrapped on contractible cycles in $\boldsymbol{S}^5$ on some assumptions motivated by preliminary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-22 Reona Arai , Shota Fujiwara , Yosuke Imamura , Tatsuya Mori

We study the explicit formula of Lusztig's integral forms of the level one quantum affine algebra $U_q(\hat{sl}_2)$ in the endomorphism ring of symmetric functions in infinitely many variables tensored with the group algebra of $\mathbb Z$.…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Naihuan Jing

We investigate superconformal surface defects in four-dimensional N=2 superconformal theories. Each such defect gives rise to a module of the associated chiral algebra and the surface defect Schur index is the character of this module.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-13 Clay Cordova , Davide Gaiotto , Shu-Heng Shao

We propose that a certain $4d$ $\mathcal{N}=1$ $SU(4)$ gauge theory flows in the IR to the rank $1$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ strongly coupled SCFT with $E_6$ global symmetry and $25$ free chiral fields. This proposal is tested by comparing various…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-30 Gabi Zafrir

The superconformal index of a typical Lagrangian 4d SCFT is given by a special function known as an elliptic hypergeometric integral (EHI). The high-temperature limit of the index corresponds to the hyperbolic limit of the EHI. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-05-20 Arash Arabi Ardehali

We compute the Schur indices in the presence of some line operators based on our con- jectural formula introduced in [1]. In particular, we focus on the rank 1 superconformal field theories with the enhanced global symmetry and the free…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-02 Noriaki Watanabe

In this paper we present a new compact expression of the elliptic genus of SL(2)/U(1)-supercoset theory by making use of the `spectral flow method' of the path-integral evaluation. This new expression is written in a form like a Poincare…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Tohru Eguchi , Yuji Sugawara

The "superconformal index" is a character-valued invariant attached by theoretical physics to unitary representations of Lie superalgebras, such as $\mathfrak{su}(2,2\vert n)$, that govern certain quantum field theories. The index can be…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Steffen Schmidt , Johannes Walcher

We study surface defects in 4d $\mathcal{N}=1$ $SU(N)$ superconformal gauge theories of class $\mathcal{S}_k$ obtained from the 6d (1,0) theories of type $A_{N-1}$, which are worldvolume theories on $N$ M5-branes at…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-01 Yuto Ito , Yutaka Yoshida

The variables appropriate for the infrared limit of unconstrained SU(2) Yang-Mills field theory are obtained in the Hamiltonian formalism. It is shown how in the infrared limit an effective nonlinear sigma model type Lagrangian can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. M. Khvedelidze , H. -P. Pavel

Two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory is a useful model of an exactly solvable gauge theory with a string theory dual at large $N$. We calculate entanglement entropy in the $1/N$ expansion by mapping the theory to a system of $N$ fermions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 William Donnelly , Sydney Timmerman , Nicolás Valdés-Meller

The results of Romelsberger for a N=1 superconformal index counting protected operators, satisfying a BPS condition and which cannot be combined to form long multiplets, are analysed further. The index is expressible in terms of single…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-08-11 F. A. Dolan , H. Osborn

We find an infinite family of $4D$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ interacting superconformal field theories which enter the description of the strong-coupling limit of $SU(2N+1)$ gauge theories with hypermultiplets in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-30 Oscar Chacaltana , Jacques Distler , Anderson Trimm

Following a recent work of Dolan and Osborn, we consider superconformal indices of four dimensional ${\mathcal N}=1$ supersymmetric field theories related by an electric-magnetic duality with the SP(2N) gauge group and fixed rank flavour…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-06 V. P. Spiridonov , G. S. Vartanov