Published April 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Zero-energy states of N = 4 SYM on T3: S-duality and the mapping class group

  • 1. Department of Fundamental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96 Goeteborg (Sweden)

Description

We continue our studies of the low-energy spectrum of N = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory on a spatial three-torus. In two previous papers, we computed the spectrum of normalizable zero-energy states for all choices of gauge group and all values of the electric and magnetic 't Hooft fluxes, and checked its invariance under the SL2(Z) S-duality group. In this paper, we refine the analysis by also decomposing the space of bound states into irreducible unitary representations of the SL3(Z) mapping class group of the three-torus. We perform a detailed study of the S-dual pairs of theories with gauge groups Spin(2n+1) and Sp(2n). The predictions of S-duality (which commutes with the mapping class group) are fulfilled as expected, but the proof requires some surprisingly intricate combinatorial infinite product identities

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/04/066

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
04
Journal Issue
2008
Journal Page Range
p. 066
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40071668
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOUND STATE; DUALITY; ENERGY SPECTRA; MAPPING; SPIN; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SPECTRA