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We consider N = 4 Yang-Mills theory on a flat four-torus with the R-symmetry current coupled to a flat background connection. The partition function depends on the coupling constant of the theory, but when it is expanded in a power series…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-05 Måns Henningson , Fredrik Ohlsson

We consider a supersymmetric matrix quantum mechanics. This is obtained by adding Myers and mass terms to the dimensional reduction of 4d N=1 super Yang-Mills theory to one dimension. Using this model we construct 4d N=1 super Yang-Mills…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-29 Masanori Hanada , Lorenzo Mannelli , Yoshinori Matsuo

Integrated correlation functions in $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang--Mills theory with gauge group $SU(N)$ can be expressed in terms of the localised $S^4$ partition function, $Z_N$, deformed by a mass $m$. Two such cases are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-20 Luis F. Alday , Shai M. Chester , Daniele Dorigoni , Michael B. Green , Congkao Wen

We compute the imaginary part of scalar four-point functions in the AdS/CFT correspondence relevant to N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. Unitarity of the AdS supergravity demands that the imaginary parts of the correlation functions factorize…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Gordon Chalmers , Koenraad Schalm

We construct super-Yang-Mills theories on S4 x R, S4 x S1 and S4 x interval with the field content of maximal SYM, coupled to boundary degrees in the last case. These theories provide building blocks of the `5d uplifts' of gauge theories on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Jungmin Kim , Seok Kim , Kimyeong Lee , Jaemo Park

The use of supersymmetric localisation has recently led to modular covariant expressions for certain integrated correlators of half-BPS operators in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with a general classical gauge group…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-10 Daniele Dorigoni , Michael B. Green , Congkao Wen , Haitian Xie

Using spinorial geometry techniques, we classify the supersymmetric solutions of euclidean ${\cal N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory. These backgrounds represent generalizations of instantons with nontrivial scalar fields turned on, and satisfy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-20 Stephane Detournay , Dietmar Klemm , Carlo Pedroli

We determine the partition functions of ${\cal N}=4$ super Yang-Mills gauge theory for some $ADE$ gauge groups on $K3$, under the assumption that they are holomorphic. Our partition functions satisfy the gap condition and Montonen-Olive…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Toru Sasaki

We consider a twisted version of the four-dimensional N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with gauge groups SU(2) and SO(3), and bare masses for two of its chiral multiplets, thereby breaking N=4 down to N=2. Using the wall-crossing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 J. M. F. Labastida , Carlos Lozano

In this article we establish the notion of classical Yangian symmetry for planar N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and for related planar gauge theories. After revisiting Yangian invariance for the equations of motion, we describe how…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-15 Niklas Beisert , Aleksander Garus , Matteo Rosso

We solve N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories for arbitrary classical gauge group, i.e. SU(N), SO(N), Sp(N). In particular, we derive the prepotential of the low-energy effective theory, and the corresponding Seiberg-Witten curves. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Nikita Nekrasov , Sergey Shadchin

We present a formulation of the maximally supersymmetric N=4 gauge theory in Lorentz harmonic chiral (LHC) superspace. It is closely related to the twistor formulation of the theory but employs the simpler notion of Lorentz harmonic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-07 Dmitry Chicherin , Emery Sokatchev

't Hooft construction of free energy, electric and magnetic fluxes, and of the partition function with twisted boundary conditions, is extended to the case of $N=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories based on arbitrary compact, simple Lie…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Luciano Girardello , Amit Giveon , Massimo Porrati , Alberto Zaffaroni

We provide explicit formulas for the number of vacua of four-dimensional pure N=1 super Yang-Mills theories on a circle, with any simple gauge algebra and any choice of center and spectrum of line operators. These form a key ingredient in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-03 Antoine Bourget , Jan Troost

We study the four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills (SYM) theory on the unorientable spacetime manifold $\mathbb{RP}^4$. Using supersymmetric localization, we find that for a large class of local and extended SYM observables…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-18 Yifan Wang

We present a compact formula for the supersymmetric partition function of 2d N=(2,2), 3d N=2 and 4d N=1 gauge theories on $\Sigma_g \times T^n$ with partial topological twist on $\Sigma_g$, where $\Sigma_g$ is a Riemann surface of arbitrary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-05-18 Francesco Benini , Alberto Zaffaroni

We study the unflavored Schur indices in the $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory for the $B_n,C_n,D_n, G_2$ gauge groups. We explore two methods, namely the character expansion method and the Fermi gas method, to efficiently compute the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-16 Bao-ning Du , Min-xin Huang , Xin Wang

We derive the partition function of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on orbifold-$T^4/{\bf Z}_2$. In classical geometry, K3 surface is constructed from the orbifold-$T^4/{\bf Z}_2$. Along the same way as the orbifold construction, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Masao Jinzenji , Toru Sasaki

An exact superpotential is derived for the N=1 theories which arise as massive deformations of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills (SYM) theory. The superpotential of the SU(N) theory formulated on R^{3}\times S^{1} is shown to coincide with the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 N. Dorey

We compute generating functions for number of U(N) (SU(N)) singlets in Fock space in several space dimensions. The motivation to find the explicit form of the functions is from the numerical approach to supersymmetric Yang-Mills quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Maciej Trzetrzelewski