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Modularity, 4d mirror symmetry, and vertex operator algebra modules of 4D N=2 SCFTs with a=c

Yiwen Pan1,* and Peihe Yang2,†

  • *Contact author: panyw5@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • †Contact author: peiheyang@pku.edu.cn

Phys. Rev. D 112, 105011 – Published 12 November, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/38ph-h82n

Abstract

The infinite series of 4D N=2 superconformal field theories with central charge relation a4D=c4D are closely related to the N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. In this paper, we study the modular properties of their associated vertex operator algebras V[Tp,N], where Tp,N are those a=c theories with an SU(N) gauge group. We exploit the closed-form formula for the Schur index of the N=4 SU(N) theories TSU(N) to derive the space of characters of the vertex operator algebra V[Tp,N] and the S, T matrices, and find the (nonmonic) modular linear differential equations that constrain the module characters when possible. We investigate the geometric interpretation of some of these modular data from the viewpoint of 4D mirror symmetry. Using insights from the flavored modular differential equation and defect index, we investigate a map between module characters of V[TSU(N)] and those of V[Tp,N].

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