Surface defect indices and 2d-4d BPS states

Abstract We conjecture a formula for the Schur index of four-dimensional N=2 $$ \mathcal{N}=2 $$ theories coupled to (2, 2) surface defects in terms of the 2d-4d BPS spectrum in the Coulomb phase of the theory. The key ingredient in our conjecture is a refined 2d-4d wall-crossing invariant, which we...

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Main Authors: Clay Córdova, Davide Gaiotto, Shu-Heng Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP12(2017)078