2014/06/30 by Cordova, Clay, Shao, Shu-Heng · 2 citations
#FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Representation Theory (math.RT)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1406.7853
We derive a localization formula for the refined index of gauged quantum mechanics with four supercharges. Our answer takes the form of a residue integral on the complexified Cartan subalgebra of the gauge group. The formula captures the dependence of the index on Fayet-Iliopoulos parameters and the presence of a generic superpotential. The residue formula provides an efficient method for computing cohomology of quiver moduli spaces. Our result has broad applications to the counting of BPS states in four-dimensional N=2 systems. In that context, the wall-crossing phenomenon appears as discontinuities in the value of the residue integral as the integration contour is varied. We present several examples illustrating the various aspects of the index formula.