Superconformal invariance and the geography of four-manifolds

Details Superconformal invariance and the geography of four-manifolds Superconformal invariance and the geography of four-manifolds

1998-12-07

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9812055v2

Commun.Math.Phys. 205 (1999) 691-735

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

59 pages, harvmac b mode, four figures, some clarifications and references added

Scientific paper

10.1007/s002200050694

The correlation functions of supersymmetric gauge theories on a four-manifold X can sometimes be expressed in terms of topological invariants of X. We show how the existence of superconformal fixed points in the gauge theory can provide nontrivial information about four-manifold topology. In particular, in the example of gauge group SU(2) with one doublet hypermultiplet, we derive a theorem relating classical topological invariants such as the Euler character and signature to sum rules for Seiberg-Witten invariants.

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