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7 papers

hep-th2026

Refined Vafa-Witten invariants for toric surfaces from supersymmetric localization in 5D gauge theory

Osama Khlaif, Boris Pioline, Alessandro Tanzini

We study the partition function of five-dimensional supersymmetric Yang-Mills (SYM) theory with an adjoint hypermultiplet of mass on a toric KÃ…

hep-th2026

On the Schubert calculus of the quantum K-theory for partial flag manifolds: a 3d A-model perspective

Zhihao Duan, Osama Khlaif, Hao Zou

We further investigate the 3d gauged linear sigma model (GLSM)/~quantum K-theory correspondence for partial flag manifolds . This is a 3d uplif…

hep-th2026

Schubert line defects in 3d GLSMs, part I: Complete flag manifolds and quantum Grothendieck polynomials

Cyril Closset, Wei Gu, Osama Khlaif +3

We construct new half-BPS line defects in 3d supersymmetric quiver gauge theories whose Higgs branches are complete flag manifolds . Upon circle co…

hep-th2026

Schubert line defects in 3d GLSMs, part II: Partial flag manifolds and parabolic quantum polynomials

Cyril Closset, Wei Gu, Osama Khlaif +3

We construct Schubert line defects in the 3d supersymmetric gauged linear sigma model (GLSM) with target space a partial flag manifold $X={\rm Fl}({\boldsymbol{k}};…

hep-th2025

The 3d -model and generalised symmetries, Part I: bosonic Chern-Simons theories

Cyril Closset, Elias Furrer, Adam Keyes +1

The 3d -model is a two-dimensional approach to the computation of supersymmetric observables of three-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories. In principle, it…

hep-th2025

Aspects of 4d gauge theories from M-theory: decomposition, automorphisms, and generalised symmetries

Osama Khlaif, Marwan Najjar

We study the decomposition of 4d gauge theories with Lie algebras of type , , and , realized via M-theory geo…