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Little String Instanton Partition Functions and Scalar Propagators

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We discuss a class of Little String Theories (LSTs) whose low energy descriptions are supersymmetric gauge theories on the $\Omega$-background with gauge group $U(N)$ and matter in the adjoint representation. We show that the instanton partition function of these theories can be written in terms of Kronecker-Eisenstein series, which in a particular limit of the deformation parameters of the $\Omega$-background organise themselves into Greens functions of free scalar fields on a torus. We provide a concrete identification between (differences of) such propagators and Nekrasov subfunctions. The latter are also characterised by counting specific holomorphic curves in a Calabi-Yau threefold $X_{N,1}$ which engineers the LST. Furthermore, using the formulation of the partition function in terms of the Kronecker-Eisenstein series, we argue for new recursive structures which relate higher instanton contributions to products of lower ones.

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hal-03926592 , version 1 (06-01-2023)

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Baptiste Filoche, Stefan Hohenegger. Little String Instanton Partition Functions and Scalar Propagators. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023, 08, pp.114. ⟨10.1007/JHEP08(2023)114⟩. ⟨hal-03926592⟩
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