Ellipsoid partition function from Seiberg-Witten monopoles

We study Higgs branch localization of N=2 supersymmetric theories placed on compact Euclidean manifolds. We analyze the resulting localization equations in detail on the four-sphere and find that in this case the path integral is dominated by vortex-like configurations as well as singular Seiberg-Wi...

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Main Authors: Pan, Yiwen, Peelaers, Wolfger
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Published: arXiv 2015
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1508.07329
https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.07329
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Summary:We study Higgs branch localization of N=2 supersymmetric theories placed on compact Euclidean manifolds. We analyze the resulting localization equations in detail on the four-sphere and find that in this case the path integral is dominated by vortex-like configurations as well as singular Seiberg-Witten monopoles located at the north and south pole. The partition function is written accordingly. : 37 pages; v2: minor typos corrected, published version