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Supersymmetric Wilson Loops, Instantons, and Deformed ${\cal W}$-Algebras (1907.03838v2)

Published 8 Jul 2019 in hep-th, math-ph, math.MP, and math.QA

Abstract: Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a simple Lie algebra. We study 1/2-BPS Wilson loops of supersymmetric 5d $\mathfrak{g}$-type quiver gauge theories on a circle, in a non-trivial instanton background. The Wilson loops are codimension 4 defects of the gauge theory, and their interaction with self-dual instantons is captured by a modified 1d ADHM quantum mechanics. We compute the partition function as its Witten index. This index is a "$qq$-character" of a finite-dimensional irreducible representation of the quantum affine algebra $U_q(\hat{\mathfrak{g}})$. Using gauge/vortex duality, we can understand the 5d physics in 3d gauge theory terms. Namely, we reinterpret the 5d theory with vortex flux from the point of view of the vortices themselves. This vortex perspective has an advantage: it has yet another dual description in terms of deformed $\mathfrak{g}$-type Toda Theory on a cylinder, in free field formalism. We show that the gauge theory partition function is equal to a chiral correlator of the deformed Toda Theory, with stress tensor and higher spin operator insertions. We derive all the above results from type IIB string theory, compactified on a resolved $ADE$ singularity times a cylinder with punctures, with various branes wrapping the blown-up 2-cycles.

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