Professor Mathew Bullimore mathew.r.bullimore@durham.ac.uk
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Vortices and Vermas
Bullimore, Mathew; Dimofte, Tudor; Gaiotto, Davide; Hilburn, Justin; Kim, Hee-Cheol
Authors
Tudor Dimofte
Davide Gaiotto
Justin Hilburn
Hee-Cheol Kim
Abstract
In three-dimensional gauge theories, monopole operators create and destroy vortices. We explore this idea in the context of 3d N=4 gauge theories in the presence of an Ω-background. In this case, monopole operators generate a non-commutative algebra that quantizes the Coulomb-branch chiral ring. The monopole operators act naturally on a Hilbert space, which is realized concretely as the equivariant cohomology of a moduli space of vortices. The action furnishes the space with the structure of a Verma module for the Coulomb-branch algebra. This leads to a new mathematical definition of the Coulomb-branch algebra itself, related to that of Braverman–Finkelberg–Nakajima. By introducing additional boundary conditions, we find a construction of vortex partition functions of 2d N=(2,2) theories as overlaps of coherent states (Whittaker vectors) for Coulomb-branch algebras, generalizing work of Braverman–Feigin–Finkelberg–Rybnikov on a finite version of the AGT correspondence. In the case of 3d linear quiver gauge theories, we use brane constructions to exhibit vortex moduli spaces as handsaw quiver varieties, and realize monopole operators as interfaces between handsaw-quiver quantum mechanics, generalizing work of Nakajima.
Citation
Bullimore, M., Dimofte, T., Gaiotto, D., Hilburn, J., & Kim, H. (2018). Vortices and Vermas. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 22(4), 803-917. https://doi.org/10.4310/atmp.2018.v22.n4.a1
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 14, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 5, 2018 |
Publication Date | 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jul 2, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics |
Print ISSN | 1095-0761 |
Electronic ISSN | 1095-0753 |
Publisher | International Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 803-917 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.4310/atmp.2018.v22.n4.a1 |
Related Public URLs | https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.04406 |
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Copyright © International Press. First published in Bullimore, Mathew, Dimofte, Tudor, Gaiotto, Davide, Hilburn, Justin & Kim, Hee-Cheol (2018). Vortices and Vermas. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 22(4): 803-917 published by International Press.
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