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We compute the supersymmetric partition function of \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 supersymmetric gauge theories with an R-symmetry on \( {\mathrm{\mathcal{M}}}_4\cong {\mathrm{\mathcal{M}}}_{g,p}\times {S}^1 \), a principal elliptic fiber bundle of degree p over a genus-g Riemann surface, Σ g . Equivalently, we compute the generalized supersymmetric index \( {I_{\mathrm{\mathcal{M}}}}_{{}_{g,p}} \), with the supersymmetric three-manifold \( {\mathrm{\mathcal{M}}}_{g,p} \) as the spatial slice. The ordinary \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 supersymmetric index on the round three-sphere is recovered as a special case. We approach this computation from the point of view of a topological A-model for the abelianized gauge fields on the base Σ g . This A-model — or A-twisted two-dimensional \( \mathcal{N} \) = (2, 2) gauge theory — encodes all the information about the generalized indices, which are viewed as expectations values of some canonically-defined surface defects wrapped on T 2 inside Σ g × T 2. Being defined by compactification on the torus, the A-model also enjoys natural modular properties, governed by the four-dimensional ’t Hooft anomalies. As an application of our results, we provide new tests of Seiberg duality. We also present a new evaluation formula for the three-sphere index as a sum over two-dimensional vacua.
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Closset, C., Kim, H. & Willett, B. \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 supersymmetric indices and the four-dimensional A-model. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 90 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2017)090
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