Local operators of 4d N=2 gauge theories from the affine Grassmannian

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2022.V26.N9.A10arXiv2112.12164OpenAlexW4391190810MaRDI QIDQ6186485FDOQ6186485

Authors: Wenjun Niu 

Publication date: 2 February 2024

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

Abstract: We give a new, fully mathematical, construction of the space of local operators in the holomorphic-topological twist of 4d $mathcalN=2$ gauge theories. It is based on computations of morphism spaces in the DG category of line operators, which (by work of Kapustin-Saulina and Cautis-Williams) may be represented as ind-coherent sheaves on the affine Grassmannian and, more generally, on the $mathcal{R}_{G,N}$ spaces of Braverman-Finkelberg-Nakajima. We prove that characters of our morphisms spaces reproduce the Schur indices of 4d $mathcalN=2$ theories, and that the spaces themselves agree with the 4d $mathcalN=2$ vertex algebras of Beem-Lemos-Liendo-Peelaers-Rastelli-Van Rees, Oh-Yagi, Butson and Jeong. We also generalize our construction to local operators at junctions of Wilson-'t Hooft lines, and compare the Euler character of the morphism spaces to the Schur indices in the work of Cordova-Gaiotto-Shao.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.12164

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operator theory (47-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX)

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• The 4d/2d correspondence in twistor space and holomorphic Wilson lines

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