Integration over the u-plane in Donaldson theory with surface operators
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Integration over the \(u\)-plane in Donaldson theory with surface operators
Integration over the \(u\)-plane in Donaldson theory with surface operators
differential and algebraic geometryduality in gauge field theoriessupersymmetric gauge theorytopological field theories
Topology of surfaces (Donaldson polynomials, Seiberg-Witten invariants) (14J80) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)
Abstract: We generalize the analysis by Moore and Witten in [arXiv:hep-th/9709193], and consider integration over the u-plane in Donaldson theory with surface operators on a smooth four-manifold X. Several novel aspects will be developed in the process; like a physical interpretation of the "ramified" Donaldson and Seiberg-Witten invariants, and the concept of curved surface operators which are necessarily topological at the outset. Elegant physical proofs -- rooted in R-anomaly cancellations and modular invariance over the u-plane -- of various seminal results in four-dimensional geometric topology obtained by Kronheimer and Mrowka [1,2] -- such as a universal formula relating the "ramified" and ordinary Donaldson invariants, and a generalization of the celebrated Thom conjecture -- will be furnished. Wall-crossing and blow-up formulas of these "ramified" invariants which have not been computed in the mathematical literature before, as well as a generalization and a Seiberg-Witten analog of the universal formula as implied by an electric-magnetic duality of trivially-embedded surface operators in X, will also be presented, among other things.
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