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

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2016.V20.N3.A4MaRDI QIDQ346018zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hiraku Nakajima

Publication date 5 December 2016

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

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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 $mathbb{R}^4$, $SU(2)$-monopole moduli spaces on $mathbb{R}^3$, 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.

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