Quantum K theory of Grassmannians, Wilson line operators, and Schur bundles

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Main Authors: Gu, Wei, Mihalcea, Leonardo C., Sharpe, Eric, Zou, Hao
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author Gu, Wei
Mihalcea, Leonardo C.
Sharpe, Eric
Zou, Hao
author_facet Gu, Wei
Mihalcea, Leonardo C.
Sharpe, Eric
Zou, Hao
contents We prove a `Whitney' presentation, and a `Coulomb branch' presentation, for the torus equivariant quantum K theory of the Grassmann manifold $\mathrm{Gr}(k;n)$, inspired from physics, and stated in an earlier paper. The first presentation is obtained by quantum deforming the product of the Hirzebruch $λ_y$ classes of the tautological bundles. In physics, the $λ_y$ classes arise as certain Wilson line operators. The second presentation is obtained from the Coulomb branch equations involving the partial derivatives of a twisted superpotential from supersymmetric gauge theory. This is closest to a presentation obtained by Gorbounov and Korff, utilizing integrable systems techniques. Algebraically, we relate the Coulomb and Whitney presentations utilizing transition matrices from the (equivariant) Grothendieck polynomials to the (equivariant) complete homogeneous symmetric polynomials. Along the way, we calculate K-theoretic Gromov-Witten invariants of wedge powers of the tautological bundles on $\mathrm{Gr}(k;n)$, using the `quantum=classical' statement.
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spellingShingle Quantum K theory of Grassmannians, Wilson line operators, and Schur bundles
Gu, Wei
Mihalcea, Leonardo C.
Sharpe, Eric
Zou, Hao
Algebraic Geometry
High Energy Physics - Theory
Combinatorics
We prove a `Whitney' presentation, and a `Coulomb branch' presentation, for the torus equivariant quantum K theory of the Grassmann manifold $\mathrm{Gr}(k;n)$, inspired from physics, and stated in an earlier paper. The first presentation is obtained by quantum deforming the product of the Hirzebruch $λ_y$ classes of the tautological bundles. In physics, the $λ_y$ classes arise as certain Wilson line operators. The second presentation is obtained from the Coulomb branch equations involving the partial derivatives of a twisted superpotential from supersymmetric gauge theory. This is closest to a presentation obtained by Gorbounov and Korff, utilizing integrable systems techniques. Algebraically, we relate the Coulomb and Whitney presentations utilizing transition matrices from the (equivariant) Grothendieck polynomials to the (equivariant) complete homogeneous symmetric polynomials. Along the way, we calculate K-theoretic Gromov-Witten invariants of wedge powers of the tautological bundles on $\mathrm{Gr}(k;n)$, using the `quantum=classical' statement.
title Quantum K theory of Grassmannians, Wilson line operators, and Schur bundles
topic Algebraic Geometry
High Energy Physics - Theory
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.01091