1. Extended 5d Seiberg–Witten theory and melting crystal
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Kanehisa Takasaki, Yui Noma, and Toshio Nakatsu
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High Energy Physics - Theory ,Physics ,Coupling constant ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Partition function (quantum field theory) ,Nonlinear Sciences - Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Mathematical Physics (math-ph) ,Function (mathematics) ,High Energy Physics::Theory ,High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) ,Correlation function ,Quantum mechanics ,Mathematics - Quantum Algebra ,Thermodynamic limit ,Loop space ,FOS: Mathematics ,Quantum Algebra (math.QA) ,Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI) ,Mathematical Physics ,Seiberg–Witten theory ,Mathematical physics ,Generating function (physics) - Abstract
We study an extension of the Seiberg-Witten theory of $5d$ $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills on $\mathbb{R}^4 \times S^1$. We investigate correlation functions among loop operators. These are the operators analogous to the Wilson loops encircling the fifth-dimensional circle and give rise to physical observables of topological-twisted $5d$ $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills in the $\Omega$ background. The correlation functions are computed by using the localization technique. Generating function of the correlation functions of U(1) theory is expressed as a statistical sum over partitions and reproduces the partition function of the melting crystal model with external potentials. The generating function becomes a $\tau$ function of 1-Toda hierarchy, where the coupling constants of the loop operators are interpreted as time variables of 1-Toda hierarchy. The thermodynamic limit of the partition function of this model is studied. We solve a Riemann-Hilbert problem that determines the limit shape of the main diagonal slice of random plane partitions in the presence of external potentials, and identify a relevant complex curve and the associated Seiberg-Witten differential., Comment: Final version to be published in Nucl. Phys. B. Typos are corrected. 38 pages, 4 figures
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- 2009
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