Gauge Theories and Macdonald Polynomials

Oct, 2011
56 pages
Published in:
  • Commun.Math.Phys. 319 (2013) 147-193
e-Print:
Report number:
  • YITP-SB-11-30

Citations per year

2011201520192023202505101520253035
Abstract: (Springer)
We study the four-dimensional superconformal index in various interesting limits, such that only states annihilated by more than one supercharge contribute. Extrapolating from the SU(2) generalized quivers, which have a Lagrangian description, we conjecture explicit formulae for all A-type quivers of class , which in general do not have one. We test our proposals against several expected dualities. The index can always be interpreted as a correlator in a two-dimensional topological theory, which we identify in each limit as a certain deformation of two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory. The structure constants of the topological algebra are diagonal in the basis of Macdonald polynomials of the holonomies.
Note:
  • 57 pages, 6 figures; v2: references added and minor improvements; v3: typos corrected
  • SCFT
  • TQFT
  • S-duality
  • gauge field theory: Yang-Mills
  • supersymmetry: conformal
  • quiver
  • correlation function
  • supercharge
  • deformation
  • holonomy