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European String Workshop, April 12, 2018 Partition Functions Of Twisted Supersymmetric Gauge Theories On Four-Manifolds Via u-Plane Integrals Gregory Moore Rutgers University Mostly review; new work with I. Nidaiev; work in progress with Jan Manschot. Now, this subject is not incredibly popular (although I think it is a good one), So progress takes place on geological time scales. So, here’s the outline of the talk…. European String Workshop, April 12, 2018

1 Introduction 2 Cambrian: Witten Reads Donaldson Carboniferous: SW Theory & u-plane Derivation Of Witten’s Conjecture. 3 Holocene: Three New Apps 4 5 Holomorphic Anomaly & Continuous Metric Dep. 6 Back To The Future

Donaldson Invariants Of 4-folds 𝑋: Smooth, compact, oriented, 𝜕𝑋=∅ , ( 𝜋 1 𝑋 =0) 𝑃→𝑋 : Principal SO(3) bundle. 𝑋 has metric 𝑔 𝜇𝜈 . Consider moduli space of instantons: ℳ≔ { 𝐴: 𝐹+∗𝐹=0} 𝑚𝑜𝑑 𝒢 Donaldson defines cohomology classes in ℳ associated to points and surfaces in 𝑋 : 𝜇 𝑝 & 𝜇 𝑆 ℘ 𝐷 𝑝 ℓ 𝑆 𝑟 ≔ ℳ 𝜇 𝑝 ℓ 𝜇 𝑆 𝑟 Say: Comparison with Freedman’s topological classification of four-manifolds shows there is a huge difference between the topological and smooth categories. Very deep. Independent of metric! ⇒ smooth invariants of 𝑋. Combined with Freedman theorem: Spectacular!

Witten’s Interpretation: Topologically Twisted SYM On X Consider 𝒩= 2 SYM theory on X for gauge group G Witten’s ``topological twisting’’: Couple to special external gauge fields for certain global symmetries. Result: Fermion fields and susy operators are differential forms; The twisted theory is defined on non-spin manifolds. And there is a scalar susy operator with 𝑄 2 =0 Formally: Correlation functions of operators in 𝑄-coho. localize to integrals over the moduli spaces of G-ASD connections (or generalizations thereof). Witten’s proposal: For 𝐺=𝑆𝑈 2 correlation functions of the special operators are the Donaldson polynomials.

Local Observables 𝜙∈ Ω 0 (𝑎𝑑𝑃⊗ℂ) ℘∈𝐼𝑛𝑣(𝔤) ⇒ 𝑈=℘ 𝜙 𝐻 ∗ (𝑋,ℂ) ℘∈𝐼𝑛𝑣(𝔤) ⇒ 𝑈=℘ 𝜙 𝜙∈ Ω 0 (𝑎𝑑𝑃⊗ℂ) Descent formalism 𝐻 ∗ (𝑋,ℂ) 𝐻 ∗ (𝐹𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒;𝑄) 𝜇 Localization identity 𝐻 ∗ (ℳ) 𝑈(𝑝)=𝑇 𝑟 2 𝜙 2 8 𝜋 2 𝑈 𝑆 ∼ 𝑆 𝑇𝑟(𝜙𝐹+ 𝜓 2 ) 𝔤=𝔰𝔲(2)

Donaldson-Witten Partition Function 𝑍 𝐷𝑊 𝑝,𝑠 = 𝑒 𝑈(𝑝)+𝑈 𝑆 Λ 𝑋 𝑇𝑟 𝐹 2 =8 𝜋 2 𝑘 = 𝑘 Λ 1 2 dim ℳ 𝑘 ℳ 𝑘 𝑒 𝜇 𝑝 +𝜇 𝑆 Strategy: Evaluate in LEET ⇒ Witten (1994) introduces the Seiberg-Witten invariants. Major success in Physical Mathematics.

What About Other N=2 Theories? Natural Question: Given the successful application of 𝒩= 2 SYM for SU(2) to the theory of 4-manifold invariants, are there interesting applications of OTHER 𝒩= 2 field theories? Topological twisting just depends on 𝑆𝑈 2 𝑅 symmetry and makes sense for any 𝒩=2 theory. 𝑍 𝒯 ≔ 𝑒 𝑈(𝑝)+𝑈 𝑆 𝒯 Also an interesting exercise in QFT to compute correlation functions of nontrivial theories in 4d.

SU(2) With Matter 𝑀∈Γ( 𝑆 + ⊗ 𝐸 ⊕ 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 ) 𝒩= 2 ∗ :ℛ=(𝑎𝑑 𝑗 ℂ ⊕𝑎𝑑 𝑗 ℂ ∗ ) ℛ= 2 ⊕ 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 Mass parameters 𝑚 𝑓 ∈ℂ, 𝑓=1, …, 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 𝑀∈Γ( 𝑆 + ⊗ 𝐸 ⊕ 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 ) w 2 (P)= 𝑤 2 𝑋 𝒩= 2 ∗ :ℛ=(𝑎𝑑 𝑗 ℂ ⊕𝑎𝑑 𝑗 ℂ ∗ ) 𝑚∈ℂ 𝑀∈Γ( 𝑆 + ⊗ 𝐿 1 2 ⊗𝑎𝑑𝑃) 𝑤 2 𝐿 = 𝑤 2 𝑃 [Labastida-Marino ‘98]

UV Interpretation 𝐹 + =𝒟(𝑀, 𝑀 ) 𝛾⋅𝐷 𝑀=0 But now ℳ 𝑘 : 𝑍 𝑝,𝑆 = 𝑒 𝑈(𝑝)+𝑈 𝑆 𝒯 = 𝑘 Λ 1 2 dim ℳ 𝑘 ℳ 𝑘 𝑒 𝜇 𝑝 +𝜇 𝑆 But now ℳ 𝑘 : is the moduli space of: 𝐹 + =𝒟(𝑀, 𝑀 ) 𝛾⋅𝐷 𝑀=0 U(1) case: Seiberg-Witten equations. ``Generalized monopole equations’’ [Labastida-Marino; Losev-Shatashvili-Nekrasov]

Cambrian: Witten Reads Donaldson 1 Introduction 2 Cambrian: Witten Reads Donaldson 3 Carboniferous: SW Theory & u-plane Derivation Of Witten’s Conjecture. 4 Holocene: Three New Apps Now we turn to the carboniferous, the period when many of the resources we use today with such gay abandon were created. 5 Holomorphic Anomaly & Continuous Metric Dep. 6 Back To The Future

Coulomb Branch Vacua On ℝ 4 𝑆𝑈 2 →𝑈(1) by vev of adjoint Higgs field 𝜙: Order parameter: 𝑢= 𝑈 𝑝 ∈ℂ Coulomb branch: ℬ=𝔱⊗ℂ/𝑊≅ℂ 𝑎𝑑𝑃→ 𝐿 2 ⊕𝒪⊕ 𝐿 −2 Photon: Connection A on L 𝑈 1 𝑉𝑀: 𝑎, 𝐴, 𝜒, 𝜓,𝜂 𝑎: complex scalar field on ℝ 4 : Compute couplings in U(1) LEET. Then compute path integral with this action. Then integrate over vacua.

Seiberg-Witten Theory: 1/2 For G=SU(2) SYM coupled to matter the LEET can be deduced from a holomorphic family of elliptic curves with differential: 𝑑𝜆 𝑑𝑢 = 𝑑𝑥 𝑦 𝐸 𝑢 : 𝑦 2 =4 𝑥 3 − 𝑔 2 𝑥− 𝑔 3 𝑢∈ℂ 𝑔 2 , 𝑔 3 are polynomials in u, masses, Λ, modular functions of 𝜏 0 Δ≔4 𝑔 2 3 −27 𝑔 3 2 : polynomial in u Δ 𝑢 𝑗 =0 : Discriminant locus

𝐸 𝑢 𝑗 𝐸 𝑢 𝑢 𝑗 𝑢

Examples 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 =0: 𝑦 2 =(𝑥−𝑢)(𝑥− Λ 2 )(𝑥+ Λ 2 ) 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 =0: 𝑦 2 =(𝑥−𝑢)(𝑥− Λ 2 )(𝑥+ Λ 2 ) 𝒩= 2 ∗ : 𝑦 2 = 𝑖=1 3 𝑥− 𝛼 𝑖 𝛼 𝑖 =𝑢 𝑒 𝑖 𝜏 0 + 𝑚 2 4 𝑒 𝑖 𝜏 0 2 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 =4: 𝑦 2 = 𝑊 1 𝑊 2 𝑊 3 + 𝜂 12 𝑖=1 3 𝑅 4 𝑖 𝑊 𝑖 + 𝜂 24 𝑅 6 𝑊 𝑖 =𝑥−𝑢 𝑒 𝑖 𝜏 0 − 𝑅 2 𝑒 𝑖 𝜏 0 2 𝑅 2 ∼𝑇 𝑟 8 𝑖 𝔪 2 𝑅 4 𝑖 ∼𝑇 𝑟 8 𝑖 𝔪 4 𝑅 6 ∼𝑇 𝑟 8 𝑖 𝔪 6 Δ: 6th order polynomial in 𝑢 with ∼3× 10 3 terms

Local System Of Charges Electro-mag. charge lattice: Γ 𝑢 = 𝐻 1 ( 𝐸 𝑢 ;ℤ) has nontrivial monodromy around discriminant locus: Δ 𝑢 𝑗 =0 LEET: Requires choosing a duality frame: Γ 𝑢 ≅ℤ 𝛾 𝑒 ⊕ℤ 𝛾 𝑚 ⇒𝜏 𝑢 𝑆∼ 𝑋 𝜏 𝐹 + 2 +𝜏 𝐹 − 2 +⋯

LEET breaks down at 𝑢= 𝑢 𝑗 where 𝐼𝑚 𝜏 →0 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 =0 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 =1 𝒩= 2 ∗ 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 =4 LEET breaks down at 𝑢= 𝑢 𝑗 where 𝐼𝑚 𝜏 →0

Seiberg-Witten Theory: 2/2 LEET breaks down because there are new massless fields associated to BPS states 𝑢= 𝑢 𝑗 𝑈 1 𝑗 𝑉𝑀: 𝑎,𝐴,𝜒,𝜓,𝜂 𝑗 LEET u∈ 𝒰 𝑗 : + Charge 1 HM: 𝑀=𝑞⊕ 𝑞 ∗ , ⋯

Evaluate 𝑍 𝐷𝑊 Using LEET 𝑍 𝐷𝑊 𝑝,𝑆 = 𝑒 𝑈 𝑝 +𝑈 𝑆 Λ = 𝑘 Λ 0 1 2 dim ℳ 𝑘 ℳ 𝑘 𝑒 𝜇 𝑝 +𝜇 𝑆 𝑍 𝐷𝑊 = 𝑍 𝑢 + 𝑢 𝑗 𝑍 𝑗 𝑆𝑊 𝑢= Λ 2 𝑢=− Λ 2

u-Plane Integral 𝑍 𝑢 Can be computed explicitly from QFT of LEET Vanishes if 𝑏 2 + >1 . When 𝑏 2 + =1: 𝑍 𝑢 =∫𝑑u d u ℋ Ψ ℋ is holomorphic and metric-independent Ψ: Sum over line bundles for the U(1) photon. (Remnant of sum over SU(2) gauge bundles.) Ψ∼ 𝜆= 𝑐 1 𝐿 𝑒 −𝑖 𝜋 𝜏 𝑢 𝜆 + 2 −𝑖 𝜋𝜏 𝑢 𝜆 − 2 NOT holomorphic and metric- DEPENDENT

Initial Comments On 𝑍 𝑢 𝑍 𝑢 is a very subtle integral. It requires careful regularization and definition. (It is also related to integrals from number theory such as `` Θ−lifts’’ and mock modular forms…) But first let’s finish writing down the full answer for the partition function.

Contributions From 𝒰 𝑗 𝑐 2 =2𝜒+3 𝜎 Path integral for 𝑈 1 𝑗 VM + HM: General considerations imply 𝑍 𝑗 𝑆𝑊 = 𝜆∈ 1 2 𝑤 2 𝑋 + 𝐻 2 𝑋,ℤ 𝑆𝑊 𝜆 𝑒 2𝜋𝑖 𝜆⋅ 𝜆 0 𝑅 𝜆 𝑝,𝑆 Special coordinate: 𝑎 𝑗 𝑢= 𝑢 𝑗 + 𝜅 𝑗 𝑎 𝑗 +𝒪( 𝑎 𝑗 2 ) 𝑅 𝜆 𝑝,𝑆 =𝑅𝑒𝑠[ 𝑑 𝑎 𝑗 𝑎 𝑗 1+ 𝑑 𝜆 2 𝒆 𝟐𝒑𝒖+ 𝑺 𝟐 𝑻 𝒖 +𝒊 𝒅𝒖 𝒅 𝒂 𝒋 𝑺⋅𝝀 𝑪 𝒖 𝝀 𝟐 𝑃 𝑢 𝜎 𝐸 𝑢 𝜒 ] C,P,E:Universal functions. In principle computable. 𝑑 𝜆 = 2𝜆 2 − 𝑐 2 4 𝑐 2 =2𝜒+3 𝜎

Deriving C,P,E From Wall-Crossing 𝑑 𝑑 𝑔 𝜇𝜈 𝑍 𝑢 =∫𝑇𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑣= ∞ 𝑑𝑢 …. + 𝑢 𝑗 𝑑𝑢 … 𝑍 𝑢 piecewise constant: Discontinuous jumps across walls: Δ 𝑗 𝑍 𝑢 +Δ 𝑍 𝑗 𝑆𝑊 =0⇒ 𝐶 𝑢 , 𝑃 𝑢 , 𝐸 𝑢 Then for 𝑏 2 + >1 , 𝑍 𝑢 =0, but we know the couplings to compute 𝑍 𝑆𝑊 ! 𝑍 𝑢 is the tail that wags the dog.

Witten Conjecture ⇒ a formula for all X with 𝑏 2 + >0. For 𝑏 2 + 𝑋 >1 we derive ``Witten’s conjecture’’: 𝑍 𝐷𝑊 𝑝,𝑆 = 2 𝑐 2 − 𝜒 ℎ ( 𝑒 1 2 𝑆 2 +2𝑝 𝜆 𝑆𝑊 𝜆 𝑒 2𝜋𝑖 𝜆⋅ 𝜆 0 𝑒 2𝑆⋅𝜆 + 𝑒 − 1 2 𝑆 2 −2𝑝 𝜆 𝑆𝑊 𝜆 𝑒 2𝜋𝑖 𝜆⋅ 𝜆 0 𝑒 −2𝑖𝑆⋅𝜆 ) 𝜒 ℎ = 𝜒+𝜎 4 𝑐 2 =2𝜒+3 𝜎 Example: 𝑋=𝐾3: 𝑍= sinh ( 𝑆 2 2 +2 𝑝)

Generalization To 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 >0 𝑍 𝑝;𝑆; 𝑚 𝑓 = 𝑗=1 2+ 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 𝑍(𝑝,𝑆; 𝑚 𝑓 ; 𝑢 𝑗 ) 𝑏 2 + >1 𝑍 𝑝,𝑆; 𝑚 𝑓 ; 𝑢 𝑗 = 𝛼 𝜒 𝛽 𝜎 𝜆 𝑆𝑊 𝜆 𝑒 2𝜋𝑖 𝜆⋅ 𝜆 0 𝑅 𝑗 (𝑝,𝑆) X is SWST ⇒ 𝑅 𝑗 (𝑝,𝑆) is computable explicitly as a function of 𝑝,𝑆, 𝑚 𝑓 ,Λ, 𝜏 0 from first order degeneration of the SW curve.

𝜇 𝑗 ∼ 𝑔 2 3 Δ ′ ​ 𝑢 𝑗 𝑦 2 =4 𝑥 3 − 𝑔 2 𝑢,𝑚 𝑥 − 𝑔 3 𝑢,𝑚 𝑅 𝑗 𝑝,𝑠 = 𝜇 𝑗 𝜒 ℎ 𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑎 𝜒 ℎ +𝜎 exp 2𝑝 𝑢 𝑗 + 𝑆 2 𝑇 𝑢 𝑗 −𝑖 𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑎 𝑗 𝑆⋅𝜆 𝑦 2 =4 𝑥 3 − 𝑔 2 𝑢,𝑚 𝑥 − 𝑔 3 𝑢,𝑚 Assume a simple zero for Δ as 𝑢→ 𝑢 𝑗 Choose local duality frame with 𝑎 𝑗 →0 Nonvanishing period: 𝑑 𝑎 𝑗 𝑑𝑢 and 𝑑 𝑎 𝑗,𝐷 𝑑𝑢 →𝑖 ∞: 𝑑 𝑎 𝑗 𝑑𝑢 2 ​ 𝑢 𝑗 ∼ 𝑔 2 𝑔 3 ​ 𝑢 𝑗 𝜇 𝑗 ∼ 𝑔 2 3 Δ ′ ​ 𝑢 𝑗

1 Introduction 2 Cambrian: Witten Reads Donaldson 3 Carboniferous: SW Theory & u-plane Derivation Of Witten’s Conjecture. 4 Holocene: Three New Apps 5 Holomorphic Anomaly & Continuous Metric Dep. 6 Back To The Future

Application 1: Case Of 𝒩= 2 ∗ Using these methods analogous formulae were worked out for N=2*, by Labastida-Lozano in 1998, but only in the case when 𝑋 is spin. They checked S-duality for the case 𝑏 2 + >1 The generalization to 𝑋 which is NOT spin is nontrivial and involves new effective interactions not in the literature. 𝑢− 𝑢 1 − 𝑐 1 𝔰 2 8 𝑒 −𝑖 𝜕 𝑎 𝐷 𝜕𝑚 𝜆⋅ 𝑐 1 𝔰

Application 2: S-Duality Of 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 =4 𝑍(𝑝,𝑆; 𝜏 0 ) is expected to have modular properties: 𝑗=1 6 𝜇 𝑗 𝜒 ℎ 𝜅 𝑗 𝜒 ℎ +𝜎 𝑒 𝑝 𝑢 𝑗 +𝑖 𝜅 𝑗 𝜆⋅𝑆+⋯ 𝜅 𝑗 = 𝑔 3 𝑢 𝑗 𝑔 2 𝑢 𝑗 1 2 𝜇 𝑗 = 𝜂 −24 𝜏 0 𝑔 2 𝑢 𝑗 3 𝑘 𝑢 𝑗 − 𝑢 𝑘 −1 Need to say: That’s without taking into account the alpha and beta coefficients. These will be overall powers of \eta(\tau_0) and might change the net weight. Sum over 𝑗 gives symmetric rational function of 𝑢 𝑗 ⇒ 𝑍 will be modular:

= 𝑐 𝜏 0 +𝑑 𝜒+3𝜎 𝑐 𝜏 0 +𝑑 𝜒+3𝜎 𝑍(𝑝,𝑆; 𝜏 0 ;𝔪) 𝛾= 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 𝑑 ∈𝑆𝐿(2,ℤ) 𝑍 𝑝+ 𝑐 𝑐 𝜏 0 +𝑑 𝑆 2 𝑐 𝜏 0 +𝑑 2 , 𝑆 𝑐 𝜏 0 +𝑑 2 ; 𝑎 𝜏 0 +𝑏 𝑐 𝜏 0 +𝑑 ;𝛾⋅𝔪 = 𝑐 𝜏 0 +𝑑 𝜒+3𝜎 𝑐 𝜏 0 +𝑑 𝜒+3𝜎 𝑍(𝑝,𝑆; 𝜏 0 ;𝔪) (Neglecting 𝛼,𝛽 coefficients.)

Application 3: AD3 Partition Function Consider 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 =1. At a critical point 𝑚= 𝑚 ∗ two singularities 𝑢 ± collide at 𝑢= 𝑢 ∗ and the SW curve becomes a cusp: 𝑦 2 = 𝑥 3 [Argyres,Plesser,Seiberg,Witten] Two mutually nonlocal BPS states have vanishing mass: 𝛾 1 𝜆→0 𝛾 2 𝜆→0 𝛾 1 ⋅ 𝛾 2 ≠0 Physically: No local Lagrangian for the LEET : Signals a nontrivial superconformal field theory appears in the IR in the limit 𝑚→ 𝑚 ∗

AD3 From 𝑆𝑈 2 𝑁 𝑓 =1 SW curve in the scaling region: 𝑦 2 = 𝑥 3 −3 Λ 𝐴𝐷 2 𝑥+ 𝑢 𝐴𝐷 Λ 𝐴𝐷 2 ∼ 𝑚− 𝑚 ∗ Call it the ``AD3-Family over the 𝑢 𝐴𝐷 −plane’’

AD3 Partition Function - 1 Work with Iurii Nidaiev The 𝑆𝑈 2 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 =1 u-plane integral has a nontrivial contribution from the scaling region 𝑢 ± → 𝑢 ∗ lim 𝑚→ 𝑚 ∗ 𝑍 𝑢 − 𝑑𝑢 𝑑 𝑢 lim 𝑚→ 𝑚 ∗ 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑢, 𝑢 ;𝑚 ≠0 Limit and integration commute except in an infinitesimal region around 𝑢 ∗ Attribute the discrepancy to the contribution of the AD3 theory

AD3 Partition Function - 2 1. Limit 𝑚→ 𝑚 ∗ exists. (No noncompact Higgs branch.) 2. The partition function is a sum over all Q-invariant field configurations. 3. Scaling region near 𝑢 ∗ governed by AD3 theory. lim 𝑚→ 𝑚 ∗ 𝑍 𝑆𝑈 2 , 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 =1 ``contains’’ the AD partition function Extract it from the scaling region. Our result: 𝑍 𝐴𝐷3 = lim Λ 𝐴𝐷 →0 𝑍 𝑢 𝐴𝐷3−𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 + 𝑍 𝑆𝑊 𝐴𝐷3−𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 Claim: This is the AD3 TFT on 𝑋 for 𝑏 2 + >0 .

AD3 Partition Function: Evidence 1/2 Existence of limit is highly nontrivial. It follows from ``superconformal simple type sum rules’’ : Theorem [MMP, 1998] If the superconformal simple type sum rules hold: a.) 𝜒 ℎ − 𝑐 2 −3≤0 b.) 𝜆 𝑆𝑊 𝜆 𝑒 2𝜋 𝑖 𝜆⋅ 𝜆 0 𝜆 𝑘 =0 0≤𝑘≤ 𝜒 ℎ − 𝑐 2 −4 Then the limit 𝑚→ 𝑚 ∗ exists It is now a rigorous theorem that SWST ⇒ SCST

AD3 Partition Function: Evidence 2/2 For 𝑏 2 + >0 recover the expected selection rule: 𝑈(𝑝) ℓ 𝑈 𝑆 𝑟 ≠0 only for 6ℓ+𝑟 5 = 𝜒 ℎ − 𝑐 2 5 Consistent with background charge for AD3 computed by Shapere-Tachikawa. Explicitly, if 𝑋 of 𝑆𝑊𝑆𝑇 and 𝑏 2 + >1:

Explicitly, if 𝑋 of 𝑆𝑊𝑆𝑇 and 𝑏 2 + >1: 𝑍 𝐴𝐷3 = 1 𝔅! 𝐾 1 𝐾 2 𝜒 𝐾 3 𝜎 𝜆 𝑒 2𝜋𝑖 𝜆⋅ 𝑤 2 𝑆𝑊 𝜆 ⋅ ⋅{ 𝜆⋅𝑆 𝔅−2 (24 𝜆⋅𝑆 2 +𝔅 𝔅−1 𝑆 2 } 𝔅= 𝜒 ℎ − 𝑐 2 =− 7 𝜒+11 𝜎 4 Surprise! p drops out: U(p) is a ``null vector’’

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𝑍 𝑢 Wants To Be A Total Derivative 𝑍 𝑢 =∫𝑑u d u ℋ 𝑢 Ψ Ψ= 𝜆 𝑑 𝑑 𝑢 ℰ 𝑟 𝜆 𝜔 , 𝑏 𝜆 𝑒 −𝑖 𝜋𝜏 𝜆 2 −𝑖 𝑆⋅ 𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑎 +2 𝜋𝑖 𝜆− 𝜆 0 ⋅ 𝑤 2 ℰ 𝑟,𝑏 = 𝑏 𝑟 𝑒 −2𝜋 𝑡 2 𝑑𝑡 𝑟 𝜆 𝜔 = 𝑦 𝜆 + − 𝑖 4𝜋 𝑦 𝑆 + 𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑎 Lower limit 𝑏 𝜆 must be independent of u but can depend on 𝜆,𝜔,𝑢. [Korpas & Manschot; Moore & Nidaiev ] ? 𝑍 𝑢 = ∫𝑑u d u 𝑑 𝑑 𝑢 ( ℋ 𝑢 Θ 𝜔 )

No! 𝑍 𝑢 =∮d u 𝑑 𝑑 𝑢 ℋ 𝑢 Θ 𝜔 =∮𝑑 𝑢 ℋΨ has nontrivial periods in general! BUT: The difference for two metrics CAN be evaluated by residues! 𝑍 𝑢 𝜔 − 𝑍 𝑢 𝜔 0 =∫𝑑𝑢 𝑑 𝑢 𝑑 𝑑 𝑢 (ℋ Θ 𝜔, 𝜔 0 ) Θ 𝜔, 𝜔 0 = 𝜆 ℰ 𝑟 𝜆 𝜔 −ℰ 𝑟 𝜆 𝜔 0 𝑒 −𝑖 𝜋𝜏 𝑢 𝜆 2 +⋯ 𝑟 𝜆 𝜔 = 𝑦 𝜆 + − 𝑖 4𝜋 𝑦 𝑆 + 𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑎 Modular completion of indefinite theta function of Vigneras, Zwegers, Zagier

Holomorphic Anomaly & Metric Dependence For theories with a manifold of superconformal couplings, 𝜏 𝑢 → 𝜏 0 when 𝑢→∞ Θ 𝜔, 𝜔 0 𝜏 𝑢 ,… → Θ 𝜔, 𝜔 0 𝜏 0 ,… Contour integral at ∞⇒ 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑏 2 + =1, many ``topological’’ correlators: Nonholomorphic in 𝜏 0 Depend continuously on metric -- albeit sotto voce ] [Moore & Witten, 1997

Special Case Of ℂ ℙ 2 No walls: 𝜔∈ 𝐻 2 𝑋,ℝ ≅ℝ, so we only see holomorphic anomaly. ⇒ Path integral derivation of the holomorphic anomaly.

Vafa-Witten Partition Functions VW twist of N=4 SYM formally computes the ``Euler character’’ of instanton moduli space. (Not really a topological invariant. True mathematical meaning unclear, but see recent work of Tanaka & Thomas; Gholampour, Sheshmani, & Yau.) Physics suggests the partition function is both modular (S-duality) and holomorphic. Surprise! Computations of Klyachko and Yoshioka for 𝑋=ℂ ℙ 2 show that the holomorphic generating function is only mock modular. But a nonholomorphic modular completion exists.

This has never been properly derived from a path integral argument. . But we just derived completely analogous results for the 𝑁 𝑓𝑙 =4 and 𝒩= 2 ∗ theories from a path integral, suggesting VW will also have continuous metric dependence. Indeed, continuous metric dependence in VW theory for SU(𝑟>1) has been predicted in papers of Jan Manschot using rather different methods. We hope that a similar path integral derivation can be found for the 𝒩=4 Vafa-Witten twisted theory.

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Future Directions Lots of details to clean up Comparison with localization results of Gukov et. al. There is an interesting generalization to invariants for families of four-manifolds. Generalization to all theories in class S: Many aspects are clear – this is under study. Does the u-plane integral make sense for ANY family of Seiberg-Witten curves ?