dc.contributor.author | Iqbal, Amer | |
dc.contributor.author | Vafa, Cumrun | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-22T18:37:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Iqbal, Amer, and Cumrun Vafa. 2014. “BPS Degeneracies and Superconformal Index in Diverse Dimensions.” Physical Review D 90 (10). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.90.105031. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1550-2368 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1550-7998 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41385101 | * |
dc.description.abstract | We present a unifying theme relating BPS partition functions and superconformal indices. In the case with complex supersymmetry central charges (as in N = 2 in d = 4 and N = (2, 2) in d = 2), the known results can be reinterpreted as the statement that the BPS partition functions can be used to compute a specialization of the superconformal indices. We argue that in the case with real central charge in the supersymmetry algebra, as in N = 1 in d = 5 (or the N = 2 in d = 3), the BPS degeneracy captures the full superconformal index. Furthermore, we argue that refined topological strings, which capture five-dimensional (5d) BPS degeneracies of M theory on Calabi-Yau 3-folds, can be used to compute a 5d supersymmetric index including in the sectors with three-dimensional defects for a large class of 5d superconformal theories. Moreover, we provide evidence that distinct Calabi-Yau singularities which are expected to lead to the same Superconformal field theory yield the same index. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | |
dash.license | OAP | |
dc.title | BPS degeneracies and superconformal index in diverse dimensions | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript | |
dc.relation.journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology | |
dash.depositing.author | Vafa, C.::4e237a95963132b39101a21b3da5ddb2::600 | |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-22T18:37:17Z | |
dash.workflow.comments | 1Science Serial ID 77399 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.105031 | |
dash.source.volume | 90;10 | |