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In this paper we apply the idea of Higgs branch localization to 5d supersymmetric theories of vector multiplet and hypermultiplets, obtained as the rigid limit of \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 supergravity with all auxiliary fields. On supersymmetric K-contact/Sasakian background, the Higgs branch BPS equations can be interpreted as 5d generalizations of the Seiberg-Witten equations. We discuss the properties and local behavior of the solutions near closed Reeb orbits. For U(1) gauge theories, which can be straight-forwardly generalized to theories whose gauge group can be completely broken, we show the suppression of the deformed Coulomb branch, and the partition function is dominated by 5d Seiberg-Witten solutions. For squashed S 5 and Y pq manifolds, we show the matching between poles in the perturbative Coulomb branch matrix model, and the bound on local winding numbers of the BPS solutions.
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Pan, Y. 5d Higgs branch localization, Seiberg-Witten equations and contact geometry. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 145 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2015)145
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