Twisted partition functions and H-saddles

DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2017)045zbMATH Open1380.81274arXiv1704.08285MaRDI QIDQ683133FDOQ683133

Authors: Chiung Hwang, Piljin Yi 

Publication date: 5 February 2018

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

Abstract: While studying supersymmetric $G$-gauge theories, one often observes that a zero-radius limit of the twisted partition function $Omeg{a}^G$ is computed by the partition function ${calZ}^G$ in one less dimensions. We show that this type of identification fails generically due to integrations over Wilson lines. Tracing the problem, physically, to saddles with reduced effective theories, we relate $Omeg{a}^G$ to a sum of distinct ${calZ}^H$'s and classify the latter, dubbed $H$-saddles. This explains why, in the context of pure Yang-Mills quantum mechanics, earlier estimates of the matrix integrals ${calZ}^G$ had failed to capture the recently constructed bulk index ${calI}_{mbulk}^G$. The purported agreement between 4d and 5d instanton partition functions, despite such subtleties also present in the ADHM data, is explained.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.08285

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zbMATH Keywords

D-branesM(atrix) theoriessupersymmetric gauge theorysupersymmetry and duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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