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Boundaries, Mirror Symmetry, and Symplectic Duality in 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ Gauge Theory

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We introduce several families of $\mathcal{N}=(2,2)$ UV boundary conditions in 3d $\mathcal N=4$ gauge theories and study their IR images in sigma-models to the Higgs and Coulomb branches. In the presence of Omega deformations, a UV boundary condition defines a pair of modules for quantized algebras of chiral Higgs- and Coulomb-branch operators, respectively, whose structure we derive. In the case of abelian theories, we use the formalism of hyperplane arrangements to make our constructions very explicit, and construct a half-BPS interface that implements the action of 3d mirror symmetry on gauge theories and boundary conditions. Finally, by studying two-dimensional compactifications of 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ gauge theories and their boundary conditions, we propose a physical origin for symplectic duality - an equivalence of categories of modules associated to families of Higgs and Coulomb branches that has recently appeared in the mathematics literature, and generalizes classic results on Koszul duality in geometric representation theory. We make several predictions about the structure of symplectic duality, and identify Koszul duality as a special case of wall crossing.

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Quiver Yangians as Coulomb branch algebras

hep-th · 2025-02-03 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Conjectures that quantum Coulomb branch algebras of 3D N=4 unitary quiver gauge theories equal truncated shifted quiver Yangians Y(ˆQ, ˆW), verified explicitly for tree-type quivers via monopole actions on 1/2-BPS vortices.

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  • Twisted traces and quantization of moduli stacks of 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ Chern-Simons-matter theories hep-th · 2026-04-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 16 · 2 links · internal anchor

    The sphere partition function of 3d N=4 Chern-Simons-matter theories is conjectured to equal a sum of twisted traces on Verma modules over the quantization of their moduli spaces of vacua, extending prior work and revealing new Abelian dualities.

  • Quiver Yangians as Coulomb branch algebras hep-th · 2025-02-03 · unverdicted · none · ref 6 · internal anchor

    Conjectures that quantum Coulomb branch algebras of 3D N=4 unitary quiver gauge theories equal truncated shifted quiver Yangians Y(ˆQ, ˆW), verified explicitly for tree-type quivers via monopole actions on 1/2-BPS vortices.