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Exact Results for 't Hooft Loops in Gauge Theories on S⁴

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arxiv 1105.2568 v1 pith:7EHHWAUO submitted 2011-05-12 hep-th

Exact Results for 't Hooft Loops in Gauge Theories on S⁴

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The path integral of a general N=2 supersymmetric gauge theory on S^4 is exactly evaluated in the presence of a supersymmetric 't Hooft loop operator. The result we find - obtained using localization techniques - captures all perturbative quantum corrections as well as non-perturbative effects due to instantons and monopoles, which are supported at the north pole, south pole and equator of S^4. As a by-product, our gauge theory calculations successfully confirm the predictions made for 't Hooft loops obtained from the calculation of topological defect correlators in Liouville/Toda conformal field theory.

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