Publication Date:
2011-10-09
Description:
To every 3-manifold M one can associate a two-dimensional N =(2, 2) supersymmetric field theory by compactifying five-dimensional N =2 super-Yang–Mills theory on M . This system naturally appears in the study of half-BPS surface operators in four-dimensional N =2 gauge theories on one hand, and in the geometric approach to knot homologies, on the other. We study the relation between vortex counting in such two-dimensional N =(2, 2) supersymmetric field theories and the refined BPS invariants of the dual geometries. In certain cases, this counting can also be mapped to the computation of degenerate conformal blocks in two-dimensional CFT’s. Degenerate limits of vertex operators in CFT receive a simple interpretation via geometric transitions in BPS counting. Content Type Journal Article Pages 1-63 DOI 10.1007/s11005-011-0531-8 Authors Tudor Dimofte, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Sergei Gukov, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Lotte Hollands, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Journal Letters in Mathematical Physics Online ISSN 1573-0530 Print ISSN 0377-9017
Print ISSN:
0377-9017
Electronic ISSN:
1573-0530
Topics:
Mathematics
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Physics
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