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Quantum Flat Connections, KZ equations, and Integrability

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-05-28 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories are described in terms of a Hitchin system over a Riemann surface C. Focusing on strongly coupled Argyres-Douglas theories, we show that the corresponding flat bundle over C can be quantized such that the resulting quantum flat connection is integrable. For sl2sl_2, the quantum connection takes values in gl2gl_2(A) where A is an associative algebra which we explicitly describe for the cases of Painlev\'e I, II and IV. Moreover, we find that the quantum connection is equivalent to irregular versions of Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov (KZ) connections. Utilizing a suitable gauge transformation, one can show that the corresponding KZ equations give rise to BPZ equations.

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@article{arxiv.2604.26159,
  title  = {Quantum Flat Connections, KZ equations, and Integrability},
  author = {Sibasish Banerjee and Babak Haghighat and Anouchah Latifi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.26159},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

50 pages, minor corrections, additional references

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