Boundaries, Mirror Symmetry, and Symplectic Duality in 3d N=4 Gauge Theory

Bullimore, Mathew; Dimofte, Tudor; Gaiotto, Davide; Hilburn, Justin; Kim, Hee-Cheol

Abstract

We introduce several families of N=(2, 2) UV boundary conditions in 3d N=4 gaugetheoriesandstudytheirIRimagesinsigma-modelstotheHiggsandCoulomb branches. In the presence of Omega deformations, a UV boundary condition defines a pair of modules for quantized algebras of chiral Higgs- and Coulomb-branch operators, respec-tively, whose structure we derive. In the case of abelian theories, we use the formalism of hyperplane arrangements to make our constructions very explicit, and construct a half-BPS interface that implements the action of 3d mirror symmetry on gauge theories and boundary conditions. Finally, by studying two-dimensional compactifications of 3d N=4 gauge theories and their boundary conditions, we propose a physical origin for symplectic duality — an equivalence of categories of modules associated to families of Higgs and Coulomb branches that has recently appeared in the mathematics literature, and generalizes classic results on Koszul duality in geometric representation theory. We make several predictions about the structure of symplectic duality, and identify Koszul duality as a special case of wall crossing.

Citation

Bullimore, M., Dimofte, T., Gaiotto, D., Hilburn, J., & Kim, H. (2016). Boundaries, Mirror Symmetry, and Symplectic Duality in 3d N=4 Gauge Theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(10), Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282016%29108

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 30, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Oct 20, 2016
• Publication Date: Oct 20, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jun 7, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 8, 2018
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Print ISSN: 1126-6708
• Publisher: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2016
• Issue: 10
• Article Number: 108
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282016%29108