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Holomorphic Blocks in 3d

Dimofte, T. (2012). Holomorphic Blocks in 3d. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/12110056

Tudor Dimofte University of Edinburgh

Talk numberPIRSA:12110056
DOI10.48660/12110056
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Recently techniques have been developed to compute the partition functions of 3d theories with N=2 supersymmetry on curved, compact spaces, in particular S^3 and S^2xS^1 (the latter giving a supersymmetric index). I will discuss how both of these partition functions can be decomposed as products of more fundamental, universal "holomorphic blocks." For 3d gauge theories arising from (auxiliary) 3-manifolds M, these holomorphic blocks are specific Chern-Simons partition functions on M.