BPS partition functions in N = 4 Yang-Mills theory on T^4

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2011)145zbMATH Open1301.81136arXiv1101.5331OpenAlexW2090642646MaRDI QIDQ475855FDOQ475855

Måns Henningson, Fredrik Ohlsson

Publication date: 27 November 2014

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

Abstract: We consider N = 4 Yang-Mills theory on a flat four-torus with the R-symmetry current coupled to a flat background connection. The partition function depends on the coupling constant of the theory, but when it is expanded in a power series in the R-symmetry connection around the loci at which one of the supersymmetries is unbroken, the constant and linear terms are in fact independent of the coupling constant and can be computed at weak coupling for all non-trivial 't Hooft fluxes. The case of a trivial 't Hooft flux is difficult because of infrared problems, but the corresponding terms in the partition function are uniquely determined by S-duality.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5331

zbMATH Keywords

duality in gauge field theoriesextended supersymmetrysupersymmetric gauge theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Varieties of low degree (14N25)

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