Shell formulas for instantons and gauge origami

Abstract

We introduce the shell formula-a framework that unifies the description of partition functions whose pole structures are classified by Young diagrams of arbitrary dimension. The formalism yields explicit closed-form expressions and recursion relations for a wide range of physical systems, including instanton partition functions of 5d pure super Yang-Mills theory with classical gauge groups, as well as gauge origami configurations such as the magnificent four, tetrahedron instantons, spiked instantons, and Donaldson-Thomas invariants in ${\mathbb{C}}^3$ and ${\mathbb{C}}^4$.