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For a closed connected manifold N, we construct a family of functions on the Hamiltonian group G of the cotangent bundle T^*N, and a family of functions on the space of smooth functions with compact support on T^*N. These satisfy properties…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-11-02 Alexandra Monzner , Nicolas Vichery , Frol Zapolsky

We derive explicit formulae to compute the $a$ and $c$ central charges of four dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) directly from Coulomb branch related quantities. The formulae apply at arbitrary rank. We also…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-30 Mario Martone

We review the holomorphic block factorisation of partition functions of supersymmetric theories on compact manifolds in various dimensions. We then show how to interpret 3d and 5d partition functions as correlation functions with underlying…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-25 Sara Pasquetti

In Hawking's Euclidean path integral approach to quantum gravity, the partition function is computed by summing contributions from all possible topologies. The behavior such a sum can be estimated in three spacetime dimensions in the limit…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-28 Steven Carlip

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 consider four-dimensional Omega-deformed N=2 supersymmetric SU(2) gauge theory on A1 space and its lift to five dimensions. We find that the partition functions can be reproduced via special geometry and the holomorphic anomaly equation.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-04-08 Daniel Krefl , Sheng-Yu Darren Shih

We analyze symmetries corresponding to separated topological sectors of 3d ${\cal} N=4$ gauge theories with Higgs vacua, compactified on a circle. The symmetries are encoded in Schwinger-Dyson identities satisfied by correlation functions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-01 Nathan Haouzi

We construct a new class of three-dimensional topological quantum field theories (3d TQFTs) by considering generalized Argyres-Douglas theories on $S^1 \times M_3$ with a non-trivial holonomy of a discrete global symmetry along the $S^1$.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-14 Mykola Dedushenko , Sergei Gukov , Hiraku Nakajima , Du Pei , Ke Ye

Localization methods have produced explicit expressions for the sphere partition functions of (2,2) superconformal field theories. The mirror symmetry conjecture predicts an IR duality between pairs of Abelian gauged linear sigma models, a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-27 Travis Maxfield , David R. Morrison , M. Ronen Plesser

For a class of closed manifolds N, we construct a family of functions on the Hamiltonian group G of the cotangent bundle T*N. These restrict to homogeneous quasi-morphisms on the subgroup generated by Hamiltonians with support in a given…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-10-25 Alexandra Monzner , Nicolas Vichery , Frol Zapolsky

We consider the Euler type integral associated to the configuration space of points on an elliptic curve, which is an analogue of the hypergeometric function associated to the configuration space of points on a projective line. We calculate…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2008-05-06 Ko-Ki Ito

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 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

We realize the fundamental representations of quantum algebras via the supersymmetric Higgs mechanism in gauge theories with 8 supercharges on an $\Omega$-background. We test our proposal for quantum affine algebras, by probing the Higgs…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-20 Nathan Haouzi

We provide non-trivial checks of $\mathcal{N}=4, D=3$ mirror symmetry in a large class of quiver gauge theories whose Type IIB (Hanany-Witten) descriptions involve D3 branes ending on orbifold/orientifold 5-planes at the boundary. From the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Anindya Dey , Jacques Distler

We give a pedagogical introduction to the study of supersymmetric partition functions of 3D $\mathcal{N}{=}2$ supersymmetric Chern-Simons-matter theories (with an $R$-symmetry) on half-BPS closed three-manifolds---including $S^3$, $S^2…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 Cyril Closset , Heeyeon Kim

We study two-dimensional $\mathcal{N}{=}(0,2)$ supersymmetric gauged linear sigma models (GLSMs) using supersymmetric localization. We consider $\mathcal{N}{=}(0,2)$ theories with an $R$-symmetry, which can always be defined on curved space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-04-04 Cyril Closset , Wei Gu , Bei Jia , Eric Sharpe

We consider the AdS_2/CFT_1 holographic correspondence near the horizon of big four-dimensional black holes preserving four supersymmetries in toroidally compactified Type-II string theory. The boundary partition function of CFT_1 is given…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-02-20 Atish Dabholkar , Joao Gomes , Sameer Murthy

We study two-dimensional Jackiw-Teitelboim gravity on the disk topology by using a BF gauge theory in the presence of a boundary term. The system can be equivalently written in a supersymmetric way by introducing auxiliary gauginos and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-06 Luca Griguolo , Luigi Guerrini , Rodolfo Panerai , Jacopo Papalini , Domenico Seminara

The Wirtinger integral is one of the integral representations of the Gauss hypergeometric function. Its integrand is given by a product of complex powers of theta functions. We study the structure of the twisted homology and cohomology…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Yoshiaki Goto , Genki Shibukawa