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 , the quantum connection takes values in (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.
Cite
@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