Towards a mathematical definition of Coulomb branches of 3-dimensional N = 4 gauge theories, II

  • Alexander Braverman
  • , Michael Finkelberg
  • , Hiraku Nakajima*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Consider the 3-dimensional N = 4 supersymmetric gauge theory associated with a compact Lie group Gc and its quaternionic representation M. Physicists study its Coulomb branch, which is a noncompact hyper-Kahler manifold with an SU(2)-action, possibly with singularities. We give a mathematical definition of the Coulomb branch as an affine algebraic variety with (Formula presented)x-action when M is of a form N (Formula presented) N*, as the second step of the proposal given in [Nak16].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1071-1147
Number of pages77
JournalAdvances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Volume22
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

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