Three-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories and partition functions on Seifert manifolds: A review

C Closset, H Kim - International Journal of Modern Physics A, 2019 - World Scientific
We give a pedagogical introduction to the study of supersymmetric partition functions of 3D
𝒩= 2 supersymmetric Chern–Simons-matter theories (with an R-symmetry) on half-BPS …

Tensionless strings and the weak gravity conjecture

SJ Lee, W Lerche, T Weigand - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract We test various conjectures about quantum gravity for six-dimensional string
compactifications in the framework of F-theory. Starting with a gauge theory coupled to …

Black hole microstates in AdS4 from supersymmetric localization

F Benini, K Hristov, A Zaffaroni - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016 - Springer
A bstract This paper addresses a long standing problem, the counting of the microstates of
supersymmetric asymptotically AdS black holes in terms of a holographically dual field …

A topologically twisted index for three-dimensional supersymmetric theories

F Benini, A Zaffaroni - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015 - Springer
A bstract We provide a general formula for the partition function of three-
dimensional\(\mathcal {N}= 2\) gauge theories placed on S 2× S 1 with a topological twist …

Supersymmetric partition functions on Riemann surfaces

F Benini, A Zaffaroni - Proc. Symp. Pure Math, 2017 - books.google.com
We present a compact formula for the supersymmetric partition function of 2d N=(2, 2), 3d N=
2 and 4d N= 1 gauge theories on Σg× Tn with partial topological twist on Σg, where Σg is a …

Elliptic Genera of Two-Dimensional Gauge Theories with Rank-One Gauge Groups

F Benini, R Eager, K Hori, Y Tachikawa - Letters in Mathematical Physics, 2014 - Springer
We compute the elliptic genera of two-dimensional N=(2, 2) N=(2, 2) and N=(0, 2) N=(0, 2)-
gauged linear sigma models via supersymmetric localization, for rank-one gauge groups …

Comments on twisted indices in 3d supersymmetric gauge theories

C Closset, H Kim - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016 - Springer
A bstract We study three-dimensional\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 supersymmetric gauge theories on Σ
g× S 1 with a topological twist along Σ g, a genus-g Riemann surface. The twisted …

Supersymmetric localization in two dimensions

F Benini, B Le Floch - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This is an introductory review to localization techniques in supersymmetric two-dimensional
gauge theories. In particular, we describe how to construct Lagrangians of $\newcommand …

Modular fluxes, elliptic genera, and weak gravity conjectures in four dimensions

SJ Lee, W Lerche, T Weigand - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019 - Springer
A bstract We analyse the Weak Gravity Conjecture for chiral four-dimensional F-theory
compactifications with N= 1 supersymmetry. Extending our previous work on nearly …

General instanton counting and 5d SCFT

C Hwang, J Kim, S Kim, J Park - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015 - Springer
A bstract Instanton partition functions of 5d\(\mathcal {N}= 1\) gauge theories are Witten
indices for the ADHM gauged quantum mechanics with (0, 4) SUSY. We derive the integral …