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Gluing Nekrasov Partition Functions
In this paper we summarise the localisation calculation of 5D super Yang-Mills on simply connected toric Sasaki-Einstein (SE) manifolds. We show how various aspects of the computation, including the equivariant index, the asymptotic behaviour and the factorisation property are governed by the combinatorial data of the toric geometry. We prove that the perturbative partition function on a simply connected SE manifold corresponding to an n-gon toric diagram factorises to n copies of perturbative part (zero instanton sector) of the Nekrasov partition function. This leads us to conjecture a prescription for the computation of the complete partition function, by gluing n copies of the full Nekrasov partition functions. This work is a generalisation of some earlier computation carried out on Yp,q manifolds, whose moment map cone has a quadrangle base and our result is valid for manifolds whose moment map cones have pentagon base, hexagon base, etc. The algorithm we used for dealing with general cones may also be of independent interest.
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Odd Chern-Simons Theory, Lie Algebra Cohomology and Characteristic Classes
We investigate the generic 3D topological field theory within the AKSZ-BV framework. We use the Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) formalism to construct explicitly cocycles of the Lie algebra of formal Hamiltonian vector fields and we argue that the perturbative partition function gives rise to secondary characteristic classes. We investigate a toy model which is an odd analogue of Chern-Simons theory, and we give some explicit computation of two point functions and show that its perturbation theory is identical to the Chern-Simons theory. We give a concrete example of the homomorphism taking Lie algebra cocycles to Q-characteristic classes, and we reinterpret the Rozansky-Witten model in this light.
119130700
Quantization of Poisson Manifolds from the Integrability of the Modular Function
We discuss a framework for quantizing a Poisson manifold via the quantization of its symplectic groupoid, combining the tools of geometric quantization with the results of Renault’s theory of groupoid C*-algebras. This setting allows very singular polarizations. In particular, we consider the case when the modular function is multiplicatively integrable, i.e., when the space of leaves of the polarization inherits a groupoid structure. If suitable regularity conditions are satisfied, then one can define the quantum algebra as the convolution algebra of the subgroupoid of leaves satisfying the Bohr-Sommerfeld conditions.We apply this procedure to the case of a family of Poisson structures on $${\mathbb{C}P_n}$$CPn, seen as Poisson homogeneous spaces of the standard Poisson-Lie group SU(n + 1). We show that a bihamiltonian system on $${\mathbb{C}P_n}$$CPn defines a multiplicative integrable model on the symplectic groupoid; we compute the Bohr-Sommerfeld groupoid and show that it satisfies the needed properties for applying Renault theory. We recover and extend Sheu’s description of quantum homogeneous spaces as groupoid C*-algebras.
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Knot Weight Systems from Graded Symplectic Geometry
We show that from an even degree symplectic NQ-manifold, whose homological vector field Q preserves the symplectic form, one can construct a weight system for tri-valent graphs with values in the Q-cohomology ring, satisfying the IHX relation. Likewise, given a representation of the homological vector field, one can construct a weight system for the chord diagrams, satisfying the IHX and STU relations. Moreover we show that the use of the 'Gronthendieck connection' in the construction is essential in making the weight system dependent only on the choice of the NQ-manifold and its representation.
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2D and 3D topological field theories for generalized complex geometry
Using the Alexandrov-Kontsevich-Schwarz-Zaboronsky (AKSZ) prescription we construct 2D and 3D topological field theories associated to generalized complex manifolds. These models can be thought of ...
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The perturbative partition function of supersymmetric 5D Yang-Mills theory with matter on the five-sphere
A bstractBased on the construction by Hosomichi, Seong and Terashima we consider N = 1 supersymmetric 5D Yang-Mills theory with matter on a five-sphere with radius r. This theory can be thought of as a deformation of the theory in flat space with deformation parameter r and this deformation preserves 8 supercharges. We calculate the full perturbative partition function as a function of $ {{{r} \left/ {{g_Y^2}} \right.}_M} $, where $ {g_Y}_M $ is the Yang-Mills coupling, and the answer is given in terms of a matrix model. We perform the calculation using localization techniques. We also argue that in the large N-limit of this deformed 5D Yang-Mills theory this matrix model provides the leading contribution to the partition function and the rest is exponentially suppressed.
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Is there a hard gluonic contribution to the first moment of g1
We show that the size of the hard gluonic contribution to the first moment of the proton’s spin‐dependent structure function g1 is entirely a matter of the convention used in defining the quark distributions. If the UV regulator for the spin‐dependent quark distributions respects the gauge invariance of Green’s functions (allows shifts of loop momenta) and respects the analyticity structure of the unregulated distributions, then the hard gluonic contribution to the first moment of g1 vanishes. This is the case, for example, in dimensional regularization. By relaxing the requirement that the regulator allow shifts of loop momenta, we are able to obtain a nonvanishing hard gluonic contribution to the first moment of g1. However, the first moments of the resulting quark distributions correspond to matrix elements that are either gauge variant or involve nonlocal operators and, hence, have no analogue in the standard operator‐product expansion.
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Observation concerning the process dependence of the Sivers functions
The k{sub perpendicular} moment of a quark's Sivers function is known to be related to the corresponding twist-three quark-gluon correlation function T{sub q,F}(x,x). The two functions have been extracted from data for single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering and in single-inclusive hadron production in pp collisions, respectively. Performing a consistent comparison of the extracted functions, we find that they show a ''sign mismatch'': while the magnitude of the functions is roughly consistent, the k{sub perpendicular} moment of the Sivers function has opposite sign from that of T{sub q,F}(x,x), both for up and for down quarks. Barring any inconsistencies in our theoretical understanding of the Sivers functions and their process dependence, the implication of this mismatch is that either the Sivers effect is not dominantly responsible for the observed single-spin asymmetries in pp collisions or the current semi-inclusive lepton scattering data do not sufficiently constrain the k{sub perpendicular} moment of the quark Sivers functions. Both possibilities strengthen the case for further experimental investigations of single-spin asymmetries in high-energy pp and ep scattering.
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Transverse momentum diffusion and broadening of the back-to-back di-hadron correlation function
Abstract We extend the Gyulassy–Levai–Vitev reaction operator approach to multiple elastic scattering of fast partons traversing dense nuclear matter to take into account the leading power corrections due to the medium recoil and to derive the change in the partons' longitudinal momentum. We employ a boost-invariant formalism to generalize previous treatments of the problem, which were specific to the target rest frame. We apply the transverse momentum diffusion results in a simple analytic model to evaluate the broadening of the back-to-back di-hadron correlation function in d +Au reactions.
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Higher twist effects in hadronic scattering
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Single transverse-spin asymmetries in hadronic pion production
We analyze single transverse-spin asymmetries for hadronic pion production at large transverse momenta using QCD factorization. In the large ${x}_{F}$ region, leading contributions to the asymmetries are naturally produced by twist-3 parton correlation functions that couple quark fields and gluon field strengths. With a simple model for these matrix elements, leading-order asymmetries calculated from QCD are consistent with data on pion production from Fermilab, and can be used to predict single-spin asymmetries at BNL RHIC. We argue that our perturbative calculation for the asymmetries is relevant to pion transverse momenta as low as a few GeV.