Index-like theorems from line defect vevs

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2019)073zbMATH Open1423.81173arXiv1903.08172OpenAlexW3101944286MaRDI QIDQ2332229FDOQ2332229

Authors: T. Daniel Brennan, G. W. Moore 

Publication date: 1 November 2019

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we investigate the relation between complexified Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates and spectral network coordinates on Seiberg-Witten moduli space. The main technique is the comparison of exact expressions for the expectation value of 't Hooft defects in certain 4D $SU(2)$ $mathcalN=2$ gauge theories. We derive an index-like theorem for a class of Dirac operators on singular monopole moduli spaces. Our expression determines the indices of Dirac operators on singular monopole moduli spaces in terms of characteristic numbers for vector bundles over certain Kronheimer-Nakajima quiver varieties.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.08172

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zbMATH Keywords

't Hooft and Polyakov loopsdifferential and algebraic geometrysupersymmetric gauge theoryWilson

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds (58J20) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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