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We compute the new supersymmetric index of a large class of \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) heterotic compactifications with torsion, corresponding to principal two-torus bundles over warped K3 surfaces with H-flux. Starting from a UV description as a (0,2) gauged linear sigma-model with torsion, we use supersymmetric localization techniques to provide an explicit expression of the index as a sum over the Jeffrey-Kirwan residues of the one-loop determinant. We finally propose a geometrical formula that gives the new supersymmetric index in terms of bundle data, regardless of any particular choice of underlying two-dimensional theory.
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Israël, D., Sarkis, M. New supersymmetric index of heterotic compactifications with torsion. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 1–43 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2015)069
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