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Main Authors: Gu, W., Melnikov, I. V., Sharpe, E.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.12334
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author Gu, W.
Melnikov, I. V.
Sharpe, E.
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Melnikov, I. V.
Sharpe, E.
contents We generalize Coulomb-branch-based gauged linear sigma model (GLSM)-based computations of quantum cohomology rings of Fano spaces. Typically such computations have focused on GLSMs without superpotential, for which the IR phase of the GLSM is a pure Coulomb branch, and quantum cohomology is determined by the critical locus of a twisted one-loop effective superpotential. Here, we systematically extend to cases for which the IR phase is a mixture of Coulomb and Higgs branches, where the latter is a Landau-Ginzburg orbifold. We describe the state spaces and products of corresponding operators in detail, comparing a geometric phase description, where the OPE ring is quantum cohomology, to the IR description in terms of Coulomb and Higgs branch states. As a concrete test of our methods, we compare to existing mathematics results for quantum cohomology rings of hypersurfaces in projective spaces in numerous examples.
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spellingShingle Quantum cohomology from mixed Higgs-Coulomb branches
Gu, W.
Melnikov, I. V.
Sharpe, E.
High Energy Physics - Theory
We generalize Coulomb-branch-based gauged linear sigma model (GLSM)-based computations of quantum cohomology rings of Fano spaces. Typically such computations have focused on GLSMs without superpotential, for which the IR phase of the GLSM is a pure Coulomb branch, and quantum cohomology is determined by the critical locus of a twisted one-loop effective superpotential. Here, we systematically extend to cases for which the IR phase is a mixture of Coulomb and Higgs branches, where the latter is a Landau-Ginzburg orbifold. We describe the state spaces and products of corresponding operators in detail, comparing a geometric phase description, where the OPE ring is quantum cohomology, to the IR description in terms of Coulomb and Higgs branch states. As a concrete test of our methods, we compare to existing mathematics results for quantum cohomology rings of hypersurfaces in projective spaces in numerous examples.
title Quantum cohomology from mixed Higgs-Coulomb branches
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.12334