S-duality in Vafa-Witten theory for non-simply laced gauge groups

@article{Wu2008SdualityIV,
  title={S-duality in Vafa-Witten theory for non-simply laced gauge groups},
  author={Siye Wu},
  journal={Journal of High Energy Physics},
  year={2008},
  volume={2008},
  pages={009-009}
}
  • Siye Wu
  • Published 14 February 2008
  • Mathematics
  • Journal of High Energy Physics
Vafa-Witten theory is a twisted N = 4 supersymmetric gauge theory whose partition functions are the generating functions of the Euler number of instanton moduli spaces. In this paper, we recall quantum gauge theory with discrete electric and magnetic fluxes and review the main results of Vafa-Witten theory when the gauge group is simply laced. Based on the transformations of theta functions and their appearance in the blow-up formulae, we propose explicit transformations of the partition… 
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