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arxiv: hep-th/9408074 · v2 · submitted 1994-08-12 · ✦ hep-th

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A Strong Coupling Test of S-Duality

Cumrun Vafa , Edward Witten
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classification ✦ hep-th
keywords couplingstrongtestconformalconjecturedualityexactexciting
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By studying the partition function of $N=4$ topologically twisted supersymmetric Yang-Mills on four-manifolds, we make an exact strong coupling test of the Montonen-Olive strong-weak duality conjecture. Unexpected and exciting links are found with two-dimensional rational conformal field theory.

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