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We study N = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories with gauge group SU(2) coupled to fundamental flavours, covering all asymptotically free and conformal cases. We re-derive, from the conformal field theory perspective, the differential equations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-24 Sujay K. Ashok , Dileep P. Jatkar , Renjan R. John , Madhusudhan Raman , Jan Troost

We prove an existence and uniqueness theorem for exact WKB solutions of general singularly perturbed linear second-order ODEs in the complex domain. These include the one-dimensional time-independent complex Schr\"odinger equation. Notably,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-07 Nikita Nikolaev

In this paper, we study the exact WKB methods for solutions of the Schr\"{o}dinger equations corresponding to quantum Seiberg-Witten curves in 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ theories with surface defects. The tools are Borel summation and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-10 Qianyu Hao

Lecture notes prepared for the Les Houches school "Quantum Geometry: Mathematical Methods for Gravity, Gauge Theories and Non-Perturbative Physics" that took place during the summer 2024. We cover the techniques to perform the exact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-04 Gustavo J. Turiaci

This paper studies the space of monodromy data of second order $q$-difference equations through the framework of WKB analysis. We compute the connection matrices associated to the Stokes phenomenon of WKB wavefunctions and develop a general…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-06-04 Fabrizio Del Monte , Pietro Longhi

We show that a 2-parameter family of $\tau$-functions for the first Painlev\'e equation can be constructed by the discrete Fourier transform of the topological recursion partition function for a family of elliptic curves. We also perform an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Kohei Iwaki

We explore the exact-WKB (EWKB) method through the analysis of Airy and Weber types, with an emphasis on the exact quantization of locally harmonic potentials in multiple sectors. The core innovation of our work lies in introducing a novel…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-03 Tatsuhiro Misumi , Cihan Pazarbaşı

In this article, we investigate the resurgent properties of the WKB solutions for a singularly perturbated second order ordinary differential equation. In particular, we extend and propose a new proof of a theorem due to Aoki (et al) near a…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jean-Marc Rasoamanana

In these lectures we detail the interplay between the low-energy dynamics of quantum field theories with four supercharges and the exact WKB analysis. This exposition may be the first comprehensive account of this connection and includes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-18 Loïc Bramley , Lotte Hollands , Subrabalan Murugesan

The Berry phase is a geometric phase that is important in explaining topological quantum phenomena. The Berry phase is also important in non-perturbative phenomena, as the imaginary part of the phase explains the non-perturbative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-15 Tomohiro Matsuda

We study a second-order linear differential equation known as the deformed cubic oscillator, whose isomonodromic deformations are controlled by the first Painlev{\'e} equation. We use the generalised monodromy map for this equation to give…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2022-02-08 Tom Bridgeland , Davide Masoero

A singular perturbation problem called WKB equation (Eq) $h^2u(x,h)-Q(x)u(x,h)=0$ is studied. $h>0$ is a small parameter. Investigation of (Eq) has long history. Recently it has developed by a new method named "Exact WKB Analysis" based on…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Sunao Ouchi

We prove that the topological recursion formalism can be used to compute the WKB expansion of solutions of second order differential operators obtained by quantization of any hyper-elliptic curve. We express this quantum curve in terms of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-10-29 Olivier Marchal , Nicolas Orantin

We use exact WKB analysis to derive some concrete formulae in singular quantum perturbation theory, for Schr\"odinger eigenvalue problems on the real line with polynomial potentials of the form $(q^M + g q^N)$, where $N>M>0$ even, and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 André Voros

We study holomorphic blocks in the three dimensional ${\mathcal N}=2$ gauge theory that describes the $\mathbb{CP}^1$ model. We apply exact WKB methods to analyze the line operator identities associated to the holomorphic blocks and derive…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-12 Sujay K. Ashok , P. N. Bala Subramanian , Aditya Bawane , Dharmesh Jain , Dileep P. Jatkar , Arkajyoti Manna

There are two well-known approaches to studying nonperturbative aspects of quantum mechanical systems: Saddle point analysis of the partition functions in Euclidean path integral formulation and the exact-WKB analysis based on the wave…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-01 Naohisa Sueishi , Syo Kamata , Tatsuhiro Misumi , Mithat Ünsal

We adapt the Bender-Wu algorithm to solve perturbatively but very efficiently the eigenvalue problem of "relativistic" quantum mechanical problems whose Hamiltonians are difference operators of the exponential-polynomial type. We implement…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 Jie Gu , Tin Sulejmanpasic

We describe the exact WKB method from the point of view of abelianization, both for Schr\"odinger operators and for their higher-order analogues (opers). The main new example which we consider is the "$T_3$ equation," an order $3$ equation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Lotte Hollands , Andrew Neitzke

We develop a unified framework for analyzing quantum mechanical resonances using the exact WKB method. The non-perturbative formulation based on the exact WKB method works for incorporating the Zel'dovich regularization, the complex scaling…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-09 Okuto Morikawa , Shoya Ogawa

A class of Schr\"odinger-type second-order linear differential equations with a large parameter $u$ is considered. Analytic solutions of this type of equations can be described via (divergent) formal series in descending powers of $u$.…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Gergő Nemes
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