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We compute the canonical partition function Z of non-interacting conformal higher spin (CHS) theory viewed as a collection of free spin s CFT's in R^d. We discuss in detail the 4-dimensional case (where s=1 is the standard Maxwell vector,…

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We conjecture that decoupling relations in the operator product expansion of a 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theory (SCFT) are encoded by an algebro-geometric object: a bifiltered affine scheme. We demonstrate how this scheme…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-06 Monica Jinwoo Kang , Craig Lawrie , Jaewon Song

We study a quartic matrix model with partition function $Z=\int d\ M\exp{\rm Tr}\ (-\Delta M^2-\frac{\lambda}{4}M^4)$. The integral is over the space of Hermitian $(\Lambda+1)\times(\Lambda+1)$ matrices, the matrix $\Delta$, which is not a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-07-24 Zhituo Wang

We show that the multiple divisor functions of integers in invertible residue classes modulo a prime number, as well as the Fourier coefficients of GL(N) Maass cusp forms for all N larger than 2, satisfy a central limit theorem in a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-06-13 Emmanuel Kowalski , Guillaume Ricotta

All unitary Rational Conformal Field Theories (RCFT) are conjectured to be related to unitary coset Conformal Field Theories, i.e., gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) models with compact gauge groups. In this paper we use subfactor theory and…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2009-10-31 Feng Xu

We introduce categories of homogeneous strict polynomial functors, $\Pol^\I_{d,\k}$ and $\Pol^\II_{d,\k}$, defined on vector superspaces over a field $\k$ of characteristic not equal 2. These categories are related to polynomial…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2013-02-04 Jonathan Axtell

The problem of finding all possible effective field theories for the quantum Hall effect is closely related to the problem of classifying all possible modular invariant partition functions for the algebra $u(1)^m$, as was argued recently by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Terry Gannon

We generalize the Giveon-Kutasov duality for the 3d $\mathcal{N}=3$ $U(N)_{k,k+nN}$ Chern-Simons matter gauge theory with $F$ fundamental hypermultiplets by introducing $SU(N)$ and $U(1)$ Chern-Simons levels differently. We study the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-11 Naotaka Kubo , Keita Nii

Every 4d $\mathcal{N} = 2$ SCFT $\mathcal{T}$ corresponds to an associated VOA $\mathbb{V}(\mathcal{T})$, which is in general non-rational with a more involved representation theory. Null states in $\mathbb{V}(\mathcal{T})$ can give rise to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-07 Haocong Zheng , Yiwen Pan , Yufan Wang

We determine the exact global structure of the moduli space of $N{=}2$ supersymmetric $SO(n)$ and $\USp(2n)$ gauge theories with matter hypermultiplets in the fundamental representations, using the non-renormalization theorem for the Higgs…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-10-11 Philip C. Argyres , M. Ronen Plesser , Alfred D. Shapere

Let $\mathbb{F}$ be a field and let $E$ be the natural representation of $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{F})$. Given a vector space $V$, let $\Delta^{(2,1^{N-1})}V$ be the kernel of the multiplication map $\bigwedge^N V \otimes V \rightarrow…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-19 Alvaro L. Martinez , Mark Wildon

We consider the problem of computing (irregular) conformal blocks in 2d CFTs whose chiral symmetry algebra is the N=2 superconformal algebra. Our construction uses two ingredients: (i) the relation between the representation theories of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 V. Belavin , Niclas Wyllard

We investigate cohomological gauge theories in noncommutative R^{2D}. We show that vacuum expectation values of the theories do not depend on noncommutative parameters, and the large noncommutative parameter limit is equivalent to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Akifumi Sako , Toshiya Suzuki

We explore some aspects of the generalized Schur limit, defined in arXiv:2506.13764. Based on several examples, we conjecture that the generalized Schur limit as a function of $\alpha$ solves a modular linear differential equation of fixed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-25 Anirudh Deb

Schur modules give the irreducible polynomial representations of the general linear group $\mathrm{GL}_t$. Viewing the symmetric group $\mathfrak{S}_t$ as a subgroup of $\mathrm{GL}_t$, we may restrict Schur modules to $\mathfrak{S}_t$ and…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-05 Sami H. Assaf , David E. Speyer

We develop a framework for constructing superconformal blocks for correlators of general supermultiplets in theories with $\mathrm{SU}(m,m|2n)$ symmetry, such as four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ and $\mathcal{N} = 4$ conformal theories. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-12 Tobias Hansen , Paul Heslop , Hector Puerta-Ramisa

We define L-functions for meromorphic modular forms that are regular at cusps, and use them to: (i) find new relationships between Hurwitz class numbers and traces of singular moduli, (ii) establish predictions from the physics of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-02-20 David A. McGady

We prove that 3d superconformal index for general $\mathcal N=2$ U(N) gauge group with fundamentals and anti-fundmentals with/without Chern-Simons terms is factorized into vortex and anti-vortex partition function. We show that for simple…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-08-19 Chiung Hwang , Hee-Cheol Kim , Jaemo Park

Conformal theories with a global symmetry may be studied in the double scaling regime where the interaction strength is reduced while the global charge increases. Here, we study generic 4d $\mathcal N=2$ $SU(N)$ gauge theories with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-22 Matteo Beccaria , Francesco Galvagno , Azeem Hasan

We derive exact formulae for the partition function and the expectation values of Wilson/'t Hooft loops, thus directly checking their S-duality transformations. We focus on a special class of N=2 gauge theories on S^4 with fundamental…

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