Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2011-07-04
JHEP 1109:079,2011
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
66 pages; section 4.3 expanded slightly, several typos corrected, version to appear in JHEP
Scientific paper
10.1007/JHEP09(2011)079
We derive supersymmetric quantum mechanics of n BPS objects with 3n position degrees of freedom and 4n fermionic partners with SO(4) R-symmetry. The potential terms, essential and sufficient for the index problem for non-threshold BPS states, are universal, and 2(n-1) dimensional classical moduli spaces M_n emerge from zero locus of the potential energy. We emphasize that there is no natural reduction of the quantum mechanics to M_n, contrary to the conventional wisdom. Nevertheless, via an index-preserving deformation that breaks supersymmetry partially, we derive a Dirac index on M_n as the fundamental state counting quantity. This rigorously fills a missing link in the "Coulomb phase" wall-crossing formula in literature. We then impose Bose/Fermi statistics of identical centers, and derive the general wall-crossing formula, applicable to both BPS black holes and BPS dyons. Also explained dynamically is how the rational invariant ~\Omega(\beta)/p^2, appearing repeatedly in wall-crossing formulae, can be understood as the universal multiplicative factor due to p identical, coincident, yet unbound, BPS particles of charge \beta. Along the way, we also clarify relationships between field theory state countings and quantum mechanical indices.
Kim Heeyeon
Park Jaemo
Wang Zhaolong
Yi Piljin
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