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We describe special supersymmetric gauge theories in three, five, seven and nine dimensions, whose compactification on two-, four-, six- and eight-folds produces a supersymmetric quantum mechanics on moduli spaces of holomorphic bundles…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 L. Baulieu , A. Losev , N. Nekrasov

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

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 propose methods towards a systematic determination of d dimensional curved spaces where Euclidean field theories with rigid supersymmetry can be defined. The analysis is carried out from a group theory as well as from a supergravity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Kehagias , J. G. Russo

The partition function of a three-dimensional $\mathcal{N} =2$ theory on the manifold $\mathcal{M}_{g,p}$, an $S^1$ bundle of degree $p$ over a closed Riemann surface $\Sigma_g$, was recently computed via supersymmetric localization. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-03 Chiara Toldo , Brian Willett

We construct a large class of gauge theories with extended supersymmetry on four-dimensional manifolds with a Killing vector field and isolated fixed points. We extend previous results limited to super Yang-Mills theory to general…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Guido Festuccia , Anastasios Gorantis , Antonio Pittelli , Konstantina Polydorou , Lorenzo Ruggeri

We investigate 3d $\mathscr{N}=2$ supersymmetric gauge theories on $S^1 \times S^2$ and the corresponding 2d effective field theories arising in the limit of small ratio of radii, $\beta=R_{S^1}/R_{S^2}\to 0$. We evaluate the exact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-31 Antonio Amariti , Jun Nian , Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas , Alessia Segati

This is the 10th article in the collection of reviews "Exact results on N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories", ed. J.Teschner. It reviews correspondences between three-dimensional gauge theories and complex Chern-Simons theory on suitable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-23 Tudor Dimofte

We reconsider the relation of superconformal indices of superconformal field theories of class S with five-dimensional N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory compactified on the product space of a round three-sphere and a Riemann surface. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-09 Teruhiko Kawano , Nariaki Matsumiya

The two-loop chiral measure for superstring theories compactified on $\bZ_2$ reflection orbifolds is constructed from first principles for even spin structures. This is achieved by a careful implementation of the chiral splitting procedure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Kenichiro Aoki , Eric D'Hoker , D. H. Phong

We study N=2 supersymmetric four dimensional gauge theories, in a certain N=2 supergravity background, called Omega-background. The partition function of the theory in the Omega-background can be calculated explicitly. We investigate…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Nikita Nekrasov , Andrei Okounkov

We propose a general strategy to build three-dimensional gauge theories with four supercharges which enjoy a supersymmetry enhancement in the IR. The resulting IR SCFTs admit topological twists with particularly nice properties, as well as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-01 Davide Gaiotto , Heeyeon Kim

We compute the ${\cal N}=2$ supersymmetric partition function of a gauge theory on a four-dimensional compact toric manifold via equivariant localization. The result is given by a piecewise constant function of the K\"ahler form with jumps…

We compute the supersymmetric partition function on L(r,1)xS^1, the lens space index, for 4d gauge theories related by supersymmetric dualities and involving non simply-connected groups. This computation is sensitive to the global…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Shlomo S. Razamat , Brian Willett

We discuss the topology of the symmetry groups appearing in compactified (super-)gravity, and discuss two applications. First, we demonstrate that for 3 dimensional sigma models on a symmetric space G/H with G non-compact and H the maximal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Arjan Keurentjes

We study superconformal and supersymmetric theories on Euclidean four- and three-manifolds with a view toward holographic applications. Preserved supersymmetry for asymptotically locally AdS solutions implies the existence of a (charged)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 Claudius Klare , Alessandro Tomasiello , Alberto Zaffaroni

We study constrained generalized Killing spinors over the metric cone and cylinder of a (pseudo-)Riemannian manifold, developing a toolkit which can be used to investigate certain problems arising in supersymmetric flux compactifications of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-10-22 Calin-Iuliu Lazaroiu , Elena-Mirela Babalic

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

The quantization of the Teichm\"uller theory has led to the formulation of the so-called Teichm\"uller TQFT for 3-manifolds. In this paper we initiate the study of "supersymmetrization" of the Teichm\"uller TQFT, which we call the super…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-09-23 Nezhla Aghaei , M. K. Pawelkiewicz , Masahito Yamazaki

We construct supersymmetric gauge theories on some curved manifolds with boundaries. Our examples include a part of three-sphere and a part of two-sphere. We concentrate on Dirichlet boundary conditions. For these theories on the manifolds…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-11-19 Sotaro Sugishita , Seiji Terashima