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We consider three-dimensional ${\mathcal N}=2$ supersymmetric field theories defined on general complex-valued backgrounds of Euclidean new minimal supergravity admitting two Killing spinors of opposite $R$-charges. We compute partition…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-17 Matteo Inglese , Dario Martelli , Antonio Pittelli

We provide a general formula for the partition function of three-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ gauge theories placed on $S^2 \times S^1$ with a topological twist along $S^2$, which can be interpreted as an index for chiral states of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-29 Francesco Benini , Alberto Zaffaroni

We consider two-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=(2,2)$ supersymmetric field theories living on a spindle $\mathbb{WCP}_{[n_1,n_2]}^1$. Starting from the spindle solutions of five-dimensional STU gauged supergravity, we construct theories on a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-21 Imtak Jeon , Hyojoong Kim , Nakwoo Kim , Aaron Poole , Augniva Ray

We introduce the topologically twisted index for four-dimensional $\mathcal N=1$ gauge theories quantized on ${\rm AdS}_2 \times S^1$. We compute the index by applying supersymmetric localization to partition functions of vector and chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-24 Daniele Iannotti , Antonio Pittelli

We study three-dimensional ${\mathcal N}=2$ supersymmetric gauge theories on ${\Sigma_g \times S^1}$ with a topological twist along $\Sigma_g$, a genus-$g$ Riemann surface. The twisted supersymmetric index at genus $g$ and the correlation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-21 Cyril Closset , Heeyeon Kim

We consider two-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=(2,2)$ supersymmetric field theories living on a weighted projective space $\mathbb{WCP}_{[n_1,n_2]}^1$, often referred to as a spindle. Starting from the spindle solution of five-dimensional minimal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-04 Imtak Jeon , Hyojoong Kim , Nakwoo Kim , Aaron Poole , Augniva Ray

We compute, in the large $N$ limit, the topologically twisted index of the 3d $T[SU(N)]$ theory, namely the partition function on $\Sigma_{\mathfrak{g}} \times S^1$, with a topological twist on the Riemann surface $\Sigma_{\mathfrak{g}}$.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-16 Lorenzo Coccia

In the context of holography, we analyse aspects of supersymmetric geometries based on two-dimensional orbifolds known as spindles. By analysing spin$^c$ spinors on a spindle with an azimuthal rotation symmetry we show that under rather…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-09 Pietro Ferrero , Jerome P. Gauntlett , James Sparks

The twisted index of 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ gauge theories on $S^1 \times \Sigma$ has an algebro-geometric interpretation as the Witten index of an effective supersymmetric quantum mechanics. In this paper, we consider the contributions to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-23 Mathew Bullimore , Andrea E. V. Ferrari , Heeyeon Kim , Guangyu Xu

We construct new infinite classes of Euclidean supersymmetric solutions of four dimensional minimal gauged supergravity comprising a $U (1) \times U (1)$-invariant asymptotically locally hyperbolic metric on the total space of orbifold line…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-13 Matteo Kevin Crisafio , Alessio Fontanarossa , Dario Martelli

We provide a formula for the partition function of five-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ gauge theories on $\mathcal{M}_4 \times S^1$, topologically twisted along $\mathcal{M}_4$ in the presence of general background magnetic fluxes, where…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-28 Seyed Morteza Hosseini , Itamar Yaakov , Alberto Zaffaroni

We derive a general formula of an index for three dimensional N=2 superconformal field theories with general R-charge assignments to chiral multiplets by using the localization method in S^2xS^1 background. As examples we compute the index…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-20 Yosuke Imamura , Shuichi Yokoyama

This is the 5th article in the collection of reviews "Exact results on N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories", ed. J. Teschner. We review the supersymmetric localization of $\mathcal{N}=2$ theories on curved backgrounds in four dimensions using…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-06 Vasily Pestun

We consider $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric gauge theories on four manifolds admitting an isometry. Generalized Killing spinor equations are derived from the consistency of supersymmetry algebrae and solved in the case of four manifolds…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-07-28 Aditya Bawane , Giulio Bonelli , Massimiliano Ronzani , Alessandro Tanzini

We introduce a generalization of the S^2 x S^1 superconformal index where background gauge fields with magnetic flux are coupled to the global symmetries of the theory. This allows one to gauge a global symmetry at the level of the index,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-06-14 Anton Kapustin , Brian Willett

We continue the study of partition functions of 5d supersymmetric theories on manifolds taking the form of a twisted product $\mathcal{M}_3\times \Sigma_{\mathfrak{g}}$ with $\Sigma_{\mathfrak{g}}$ denoting a Riemann surface of genus…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-01 Dharmesh Jain

We review aspects of superconformal indices in three dimension. Three dimensional superconformal indices can be exactly computed by using localization method including monopole contribution, and can be applied to provide evidences for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Shuichi Yokoyama

We study curved-space rigid supersymmetry for two-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=(2,2)$ supersymmetric fields theories with a vector-like $R$-symmetry by coupling such theories to background supergravity. The associated Killing spinors can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Cyril Closset , Stefano Cremonesi

We study $\mathcal{N} = 2$ supersymmetric gauge theories on $\mathbb{RP}^2 \times \mathbb{S}^1$ and compute the superconformal index by using the localization technique. We consider not only the round real projective plane $\mathbb{RP}^2$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-29 Akinori Tanaka , Hironori Mori , Takeshi Morita

We compute the supersymmetric partition function of $\mathcal{N}{=}1$ supersymmetric gauge theories with an $R$-symmetry on $\mathcal{M}_4 \cong \mathcal{M}_{g,p}\times S^1$, a principal elliptic fiber bundle of degree $p$ over a genus-$g$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-13 Cyril Closset , Heeyeon Kim , Brian Willett
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