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Calculating the prepotential by localization on the moduli space of instantons

Timothy Hollowood Orcid Logo

Journal of High Energy Physics, Volume: "03", Issue: 03, Pages: 038 - 038

Swansea University Author: Timothy Hollowood Orcid Logo

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We describe a new technique for calculating instanton effects in supersymmetric gauge theories applicable on the Higgs or Coulomb branches. In these situations the instantons are constrained and a potential is generated on the instanton moduli space. Due to existence of a nilpotent fermionic symmetr...

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Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics
ISSN: 1029-8479
Published: 2002
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28544
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Abstract: We describe a new technique for calculating instanton effects in supersymmetric gauge theories applicable on the Higgs or Coulomb branches. In these situations the instantons are constrained and a potential is generated on the instanton moduli space. Due to existence of a nilpotent fermionic symmetry the resulting integral over the instanton moduli space localizes on the critical points of the potential. Using this technology we calculate the one- and two-instanton contributions to the prepotential of SU(N) gauge theory with N=2 supersymmetry and show how the localization approach yields the prediction extracted from the Seiberg-Witten curve. The technique appears to extend to arbitrary instanton number in a tractable
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: 03
Start Page: 038
End Page: 038