Localization, Factorization and Dualities for Elliptic Kernels

Abstract

We study the exact partition function of 4d $\mathcal N=1$ supersymmetric gauge theories on a torus times a cylinder $\mathrm{Cyl}=I\times S^1$, where $I$ is a finite interval carrying two boundary components. Each endpoint supports an independent Dirichlet or Robin-like boundary polarization, so that the partition function is a boundary-to-boundary elliptic kernel. We construct the rigid supersymmetric geometry, determine the BPS locus, and compute the chiral-multiplet 1-loop determinants for the four possible boundary polarizations via equivariant localization. The resulting elementary building blocks are theta functions dressed by cubic phases. We then prove rank-changing Seiberg-type dualities as identities of Jeffrey--Kirwan residues of these elliptic kernels. We also discuss factorization into holomorphic-block cap wavefunctions represented by elliptic Gamma functions, dimensional reductions to three and two dimensions, complete-intersection gauged linear sigma models, and elliptic kernels for 4d $\mathcal N=4$ super Yang--Mills and the Klebanov--Witten theory, useful for holographic applications.