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Localizing non-linear ${\cal N}=(2,2)$ sigma model on $S^2$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-09-14 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We present a systematic study of N=(2,2){\cal N}=(2,2) supersymmetric non-linear sigma models on S2S^2 with the target being a K\"ahler manifold. We discuss their reformulation in terms of cohomological field theory. In the cohomological formulation we use a novel version of 2D self-duality which involves a U(1)U(1) action on S2S^2. In addition to the generic model we discuss the theory with target space equivariance corresponding to a supersymmetric sigma model coupled to a non-dynamical supersymmetric background gauge multiplet. We discuss the localization locus and perform a one-loop calculation around the constant maps. We argue that the theory can be reduced to some exotic model over the moduli space of holomorphic disks.

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@article{arxiv.2202.10501,
  title  = {Localizing non-linear ${\cal N}=(2,2)$ sigma model on $S^2$},
  author = {Victor Alekseev and Guido Festuccia and Victor Mishnyakov and Nicolai Terziev and Maxim Zabzine},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.10501},
  year   = {2022}
}

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51 pages, refs added

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