tt^* Toda equations for surface defects in {\mathcal N}=2 SYM and instanton counting for classical Lie groups

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AC9E2AzbMATH Open1519.81468arXiv2206.13212MaRDI QIDQ6403235FDOQ6403235

Authors: Giulio Bonelli, Fran Globlek, Alessandro Tanzini 

Publication date: 27 June 2022

Abstract: The partition function of $mathcalN=2$ super Yang-Mills theories with arbitrary simple gauge group coupled to a self-dual $Omega$-background is shown to be fully determined by studying the renormalization group equations relevant to the surface operators generating its one-form symmetries. The corresponding system of equations results in a $itnon-autonomous$ Toda chain on the root system of the Langlands dual, the evolution parameter being the RG scale. A systematic algorithm computing the full multi-instanton corrections is derived in terms of recursion relations whose gauge theoretical solution is obtained just by fixing the perturbative part of the IR prepotential as its asymptotic boundary condition for the RGE. We analyse the explicit solutions of the $au$-system for all the classical groups at the diverse levels, extend our analysis to affine twisted Lie algebras and provide conjectural bilinear relations for the $au$-functions of linear quiver gauge theory.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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