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2023-07-20

the example on abelian Coulomb branch

\gdef\acal{\mathcal A} \gdef\tcal{\mathcal T} \gdef\K{\mathcal K} \gdef\O{\mathcal O}

The next simplest example is the abelian gauge theory with matter.

Let G=GL1G = GL_1 and V=CV=\C. We find that SpecA+(G,V)={(u,v,z)C3uv=z},SpecA×(G,V)={(u,v,z)C2×Cuv=1z}. Spec \acal^+(G,V) = \{(u,v,z) \in \C^3 \mid u v = z\}, \quad Spec \acal^\times(G,V) = \{(u,v,z) \in \C^2 \times \C^* \mid u v = 1-z\}. where one can see \cite[Section 4.1]{BFN} for details.

Here we compute this using directly A+(G,V)H(TG,V×V(K)TG,VG(K)).\acal^+(G,V) \cong H_*\left( \frac{T_{G,V} \times_{V(\K)} T_{G,V}}{G(\K)}\right). Note that π:TG,VGrG\pi: T_{G,V} \to Gr_G, with base GrG=ZGr_G=\Z and fiber V(O)=C[[t]]V(\O) = \C[ [t]].

Write T=TG,V\tcal = T_{G,V} for short. Concretely, we have T=nZ{tn}×C[[t]]\tcal = \cup_{n \in \Z} \{t^n\} \times \C[ [t]]. Our goal is to compute the convolution of two (G(K)G(\K)-equivariant) homology classes in T2\tcal^2 that is supported on the fiber product T×V(K)T={(tn1,s1,tn2,s2)niZ,siC[[t]],tn1s1=tn2s2} \tcal \times_{V(\K)} \tcal = \{ (t^{n_1}, s_1, t^{n_2}, s_2) \mid n_i \in \Z, s_i \in \C[ [t]], t^{n_1} s_1 = t^{n_2} s_2 \} For any dZd \in \Z, let rdr_d denote the homology cycle supported on rd={(g1=tn1,s1,g2=tn2,s2)T×V(K)Tn1+n2=d}. r_d = \{ (g_1 = t^{n_1}, s_1, g_2=t^{n_2}, s_2) \in \tcal \times_{V(\K)} \tcal \mid -n_1 + n_2 = d \}. %where we used the isomorphism that %G (G/B×G/B)BG/B,[g1B,g2B]Bg11g2B. G \ (G/B \times G/B) \cong B\G/B, \quad [ g_1 B, g_2 B] \mapsto B g_1^{-1} g_2 B. Let π12,π23,π13\pi_{12}, \pi_{23}, \pi_{13} denote the projection of T3T2\tcal^3 \to \tcal^2 to the corresponding factors. Then, to compute rarbr_a \star r_b, we need to compute the intersection (in homology) of π121(ra)\pi_{12}^{-1}(r_a) with π231(rb)\pi_{23}^{-1}(r_b), in the ambient space T3\tcal^3. We compute r1r1r_{1} \star r_{-1} and r1r1r_{-1} \star r_1 to illustrate.

(a) r1r1r_{-1} \star r_{1}. We need to intersect the vector bundles π121(r1)\pi_{12}^{-1}(r_{-1}) and π231(r1)\pi_{23}^{-1}(r_{1}) inside T3\tcal^3. T3\tcal^3 fibers over Gr3=Z3Gr^3=\Z^3 with fiber $\Ct^3.Theintersectionfallsoverthepoints. The intersection falls over the points (n_1, n_2, n_3)with with n_1 - n_2 = -1, n_2-n_3=1.Oversuchapointin. Over such a point in \Z^3,wehavetwo(infinitedimensional)subspaces, we have two (infinite dimensional) subspaces $ V_{12} = \{(s_1, s_2, s_3) \in \Ct^3 \mid t^{n_1} s_1 = t^{n_2} s_2, \text{i.e.} s_1 = t^{-1} s_2 \} V_{23} = \{(s_1, s_2, s_3) \in \Ct^3 \mid t^{n_2} s_2 = t^{n_3} s_3 , \text{i.e.} s_2 = t s_3 \}. $$ $V_{12}$ has a basis given by $(\{ t^{n+1}, t^n, 0) | n \in \Z_{\geq 0}\} \cup \{(0,0,t^m) \mid m \in \Z_{\geq 0}\}$. $V_{23}$ has a basis given by $(\{ 0, t^{n+1}, t^n) | n \in \Z_{\geq 0}\} \cup \{(t^m, 0,0) \mid m \in \Z_{\geq 0}\}$. We may check that $V_{12} + V_{23}$ has a basis of $\{(t^a, 0, 0)\} \cup \{(0, t^{b+1}, 0)\} \cup \{(0,0,t^c)\}$ where $a,b,c \in \Z_{\geq 0}$, and the basis vector $(0, 1, 0)$ in $\Ct^3cannotbegenerated.Thus, cannot be generated. Thus, V_{12}and and V_{23}doesnotintersecttransversely,butwithacokernel, does not intersect transversely, but with a cokernel, $ \frac{\Ct^3}{V_{12} + V_{23}} \cong \Ct / t \Ct \cong \C. $$ This cokernel lives in the middle section $s_2$, and we need to use $g_1^{-1} g_2 s_2$ to translate it to the first (left most) slot, to have the correct $\C^*_{rot}$ action. What BFN did is to translate all the computation to the first slot, drop data on $s_1$. So, instead of having $\Ct^3,theyonlyhave, they only have (g_{12} s_2, g_{13} s_3) \in t^{a} N(O) \oplus t^{a+b} N(O),where, where g_{ij} = g_i^{-1} g_j,, g_{12}=t^a, g_{23} = t^b$.

Why BFN can forget about s1s_1 slot? This is because at the end of the day, after we enforce the compatibility conditions, s1s_1 is determined by the group element g13G(K)g_{13} \in G(K), and section s3s_3. It is like how we label a graph Γf \Gamma_f of a bijection ff ΓM×M\Gamma \In M \times M, not by the pair {(x1,x2)x1=f(x2)}\{(x_1, x_2) \mid x_1 = f(x_2) \}, but by x1x_1 alone.

(b) r1r1r_{1} \star r_{-1}. We repeat the above setup, and we find that $$ V_{12} = \{(s_1, s_2, s_3) \in \Ct^3 \mid t^{n_1} s_1 = t^{n_2} s_2, \text{i.e.} s_1 = t^{1} s_2 \} V_{23} = \{(s_1, s_2, s_3) \in \Ct^3 \mid t^{n_2} s_2 = t^{n_3} s_3 , \text{i.e.} s_2 = t^{-1} s_3 \}. $$ And $V_{12}$ intersects $V_{23}$ transversely. However, $\pi_{13}(V_{12} \cap V_{23})$ is not the full $r_0$ but is a codimension $1$ subspace. $$ r_{1} \star r_{-1} = u r_0.$$

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