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Hitchin systems, N=2 gauge theories and W-gravity

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PHYSICS LETTERS B
Volume 691, Issue 2, Pages 111-115

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DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.06.027

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N=2 D=4 gauge theories; Hitchin systems; D=2 Toda theory

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We propose some arguments supporting an M-theory derivation of the duality recently discovered by Alday, Gaiotto and Tachikawa between two-dimensional conformal field theories and N = 2 superconformal gauge theories in four dimensions. We find that A(N-1) Toda field theory is the simplest two-dimensional conformal field theory quantizing the moduli of N M5-branes wrapped on a Riemann surface. This leads us to identify chiral operators of the N = 2 gauge theories with integrated W-algebra currents. As a check of this correspondence we study some relevant OPE's obtaining that Nekrasov's partition function satisfies W-geometry constraints. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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