Three-dimensional N = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories and partition functions on Seifert manifolds: a review

DOI10.1142/S0217751X19300114zbMATH Open1471.81088arXiv1908.08875OpenAlexW3102252031MaRDI QIDQ5010165FDOQ5010165

Authors: Cyril Closset, Heeyeon Kim 

Publication date: 24 August 2021

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a pedagogical introduction to the study of supersymmetric partition functions of 3D $mathcalN=2$ supersymmetric Chern-Simons-matter theories (with an $R$-symmetry) on half-BPS closed three-manifolds---including $S^3$, $S^{2}imes{S}^1$, and any Seifert three-manifold. Three-dimensional gauge theories can flow to non-trivial fixed points in the infrared. In the presence of 3D $mathcalN=2$ supersymmetry, many exact results are known about the strongly-coupled infrared, due in good part to powerful localization techniques. We review some of these techniques and emphasize some more recent developments, which provide a simple and comprehensive formalism for the exact computation of half-BPS observables on closed three-manifolds (partition functions and correlation functions of line operators). Along the way, we also review simple examples of 3D infrared dualities. The computation of supersymmetric partition functions provides exceedingly precise tests of these dualities.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.08875

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zbMATH Keywords

localizationsupersymmetrytopological field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability distributions: general theory (60E05) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01)

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