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Integrating over Higgs branches

Abstract

We develop some useful techniques for integrating over Higgs branches in supersymmetric theories with 4 and 8 supercharges. In particular, we define a regularized volume for hyperkaehler quotients. We evaluate this volume for certain ALE and ALF spaces in terms of the hyperkaehler periods. We also reduce these volumes for a large class of hyperkaehler quotients to simpler integrals. These quotients include complex coadjoint orbits, instanton moduli spaces on R{sup 4} and ALE manifolds, Hitchin spaces, and moduli spaces of (parabolic) Higgs bundles on Riemann surfaces. In the case of Hitchin spaces the evaluation of the volume reduces to a summation over solutions of Bethe ansatz equations for the non-linear Schroedinger system. We discuss some applications of our results. (orig.)
Authors:
Moore, G; [1]  Nekrasov, N; [2]  Shatashvili, S [3] 
  1. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Physics
  2. Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117259, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  3. Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (United States)
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 2000
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-00:089543
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Communications in Mathematical Physics; Journal Volume: 209; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: 38 refs.; PBD: Jan 2000
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; HIGGS MODEL; SUPERSYMMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
OSTI ID:
20097313
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0010-3616; CMPHAY; TRN: DE00FC285
Submitting Site:
DEN
Size:
page(s) 97-121
Announcement Date:
Oct 19, 2000

Citation Formats

Moore, G, Nekrasov, N, and Shatashvili, S. Integrating over Higgs branches. Germany: N. p., 2000. Web. doi:10.1007/PL00005525.
Moore, G, Nekrasov, N, & Shatashvili, S. Integrating over Higgs branches. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00005525
Moore, G, Nekrasov, N, and Shatashvili, S. 2000. "Integrating over Higgs branches." Germany. https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00005525.
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title = {Integrating over Higgs branches}
author = {Moore, G, Nekrasov, N, and Shatashvili, S}
abstractNote = {We develop some useful techniques for integrating over Higgs branches in supersymmetric theories with 4 and 8 supercharges. In particular, we define a regularized volume for hyperkaehler quotients. We evaluate this volume for certain ALE and ALF spaces in terms of the hyperkaehler periods. We also reduce these volumes for a large class of hyperkaehler quotients to simpler integrals. These quotients include complex coadjoint orbits, instanton moduli spaces on R{sup 4} and ALE manifolds, Hitchin spaces, and moduli spaces of (parabolic) Higgs bundles on Riemann surfaces. In the case of Hitchin spaces the evaluation of the volume reduces to a summation over solutions of Bethe ansatz equations for the non-linear Schroedinger system. We discuss some applications of our results. (orig.)}
doi = {10.1007/PL00005525}
journal = []
issue = {1}
volume = {209}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Germany}
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}