Towards a mathematical definition of Coulomb branches of 3-dimensional N=4 gauge theories. I.

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DOI10.4310/ATMP.2016.V20.N3.A4zbMATH Open1433.81121arXiv1503.03676OpenAlexW2962732409MaRDI QIDQ346018FDOQ346018


Authors: Hiraku Nakajima Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 5 December 2016

Published in: Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Consider the 3-dimensional mathcalN=4 supersymmetric gauge theory associated with a compact Lie group G and its quaternionic representation mathbfM. Physicists study its Coulomb branch, which is a noncompact hyper-K"ahler manifold, such as instanton moduli spaces on mathbbR4, SU(2)-monopole moduli spaces on mathbbR3, etc. In this paper and its sequel, we propose a mathematical definition of the coordinate ring of the Coulomb branch, using the vanishing cycle cohomology group of a certain moduli space for a gauged sigma-model on the 2-sphere associated with (G,mathbfM). In this first part, we check that the cohomology group has the correct graded dimensions expected from the monopole formula proposed by Cremonesi, Hanany and Zaffaroni arXiv:1309.2657. A ring structure (on the cohomology of a modified moduli space) will be introduced in the sequel of this paper.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.03676




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