The superconformal index of the (2,0) theory with defects

Bullimore, Mathew; Kim, Hee-Cheol

Abstract

We compute the supersymmetric partition function of the six-dimensional (2, 0) theory of type A N −1 on S 1 × S 5 in the presence of both codimension two and codimension four defects. We concentrate on a limit of the partition function depending on a single parameter. From the allowed supersymmetric configurations of defects we find a precise match with the characters of irreducible modules of W N algebras and affine Lie algebras of type A N −1.

Citation

Bullimore, M., & Kim, H.-C. (2015). The superconformal index of the (2,0) theory with defects. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(05), Article 048. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05%282015%29048

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 21, 2015
• Online Publication Date: May 8, 2015
• Publication Date: May 8, 2015
• 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: 2015
• Issue: 05
• Article Number: 048
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05%282015%29048
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1329261