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The Coulomb Branch of 3d N=4 Theories

Bullimore, Mathew; Dimofte, Tudor; Gaiotto, Davide

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Tudor Dimofte

Davide Gaiotto



Abstract

We propose a construction for the quantum-corrected Coulomb branch of a general 3d gauge theory with N=4 supersymmetry, in terms of local coordinates associated with an abelianized theory. In a fixed complex structure, the holomorphic functions on the Coulomb branch are given by expectation values of chiral monopole operators. We construct the chiral ring of such operators, using equivariant integration over BPS moduli spaces. We also quantize the chiral ring, which corresponds to placing the 3d theory in a 2d Omega background. Then, by unifying all complex structures in a twistor space, we encode the full hyperkähler metric on the Coulomb branch. We verify our proposals in a multitude of examples, including SQCD and linear quiver gauge theories, whose Coulomb branches have alternative descriptions as solutions to Bogomolnyi and/or Nahm equations.

Citation

Bullimore, M., Dimofte, T., & Gaiotto, D. (2017). The Coulomb Branch of 3d N=4 Theories. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 354(2), 671-751. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-017-2903-0

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 20, 2017
Online Publication Date Jun 3, 2017
Publication Date Sep 1, 2017
Deposit Date Jun 7, 2018
Publicly Available Date Jun 8, 2018
Journal Communications in Mathematical Physics
Print ISSN 0010-3616
Electronic ISSN 1432-0916
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 354
Issue 2
Pages 671-751
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-017-2903-0

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