Line defect half-indices of \(\mathrm{SU}(N)\) Chern-Simons theories. (English) Zbl 07899665
Summary: We study the Wilson line defect half-indices of 3d \(\mathcal{N} = 2\) supersymmetric \(\mathrm{SU}(N)\) Chern-Simons theories of level \(k \leq -N\) with Neumann boundary conditions for the gauge fields, together with 2d Fermi multiplets and fundamental 3d chiral multiplets to cancel the gauge anomaly. We derive some exact results and also make some conjectures based on expansions of the \(q\)-series. We find several interesting connections with special functions known in the literature, including Rogers-Ramanujan functions for which we conjecture integral representations, and the appearance of Appell-Lerch sums for certain Wilson line half-index grand canonical ensembles which reveal an unexpected appearance of mock modular functions. We also find intriguing \(q\)-difference equations relating half-indices to Wilson line half-indices. Some of these results also have a description in terms of a dual theory with Dirichlet boundary conditions for the vector multiplet in the dual theory.
MSC:
| 81Txx | Quantum field theory; related classical field theories |
| 33Dxx | Basic hypergeometric functions |
| 05Axx | Enumerative combinatorics |
Keywords:
Chern-Simons theories; duality in gauge field theories; supersymmetric gauge theory; Wilson; ’t Hooft and Polyakov loopsReferences:
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