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Elliptic Quantum Curves of Class $\mathcal{S}_k$

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Quantum curves arise from Seiberg-Witten curves associated to 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ gauge theories by promoting coordinates to non-commutative operators. In this way the algebraic equation of the curve is interpreted as an operator equation where a Hamiltonian acts on a wave-function with zero eigenvalue. We find that this structure generalises when one considers torus-compactified 6d $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ SCFTs. The corresponding quantum curves are elliptic in nature and hence the associated eigenvectors/eigenvalues can be expressed in terms of Jacobi forms. In this paper we focus on the class of 6d SCFTs arising from M5 branes transverse to a $\mathbb{C}^2/\mathbb{Z}_k$ singularity. In the limit where the compactified 2-torus has zero size, the corresponding 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ theories are known as class $\mathcal{S}_k$. We explicitly show that the eigenvectors associated to the quantum curve are expectation values of codimension 2 surface operators, while the corresponding eigenvalues are codimension 4 Wilson surface expectation values.

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Surface Defects in $A$-type Little String Theories

hep-th · 2024-12-19 · conditional · novelty 6.0

The authors give a combinatorial partition function for A-type little string theories with a full-type surface defect and argue that two NS-limit regularizations are both regular due to a recursive pole-cancellation identity.

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  • Surface Defects in $A$-type Little String Theories hep-th · 2024-12-19 · conditional · none · ref 47 · internal anchor

    The authors give a combinatorial partition function for A-type little string theories with a full-type surface defect and argue that two NS-limit regularizations are both regular due to a recursive pole-cancellation identity.