Line Operator Index on S1 $\times$ S3
Abstract
We derive a general formula of an index for N = 2 superconformal field theories on S1 \times S3 with insertions of BPS Wilson line or 't Hooft line operator at the north pole and their anti-counterpart at the south pole of S3. One-loop and monopole bubbling effects are taken into account in the computation. As examples, we calculate the indices for N = 4 theories and N = 2 SU(2) theory with Nf = 4, and find good agreements between indices of line operators related by S-duality. The relation between Verlinde loop operators and the indices is explored. The holographic correspondence between the fundamental (anti-symmetric) Wilson line operator and the fundamental string (D5 brane) in AdS5\timesS5 is confirmed by the index comparison.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1201.5539,
title = {Line Operator Index on S1 $\times$ S3},
author = {Dongmin Gang and Eunkyung Koh and Kimyeong Lee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.5539},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
55 pages, 5 figures. v2:references added, sec 5.2, 5.3 are added, minor corrections