arXiv · 2606.16660
Spherical-DAHA predictions for boundary monopole bubbling of non-minuscule 't Hooft lines in $\mathcal N=4$ SYM
Abstract
We study non-minuscule boundary 't Hooft lines in four-dimensional $\mathcal N=4$ $U(N)$ super Yang--Mills theory with the regular Nahm-pole boundary condition. For one-row charges we construct the exact spherical-DAHA operator $\mathbf e_+h_r(Y)\mathbf e_+$, determine its finite shift expansion and discrete Macdonald spectrum, and evaluate the S-dual Neumann Wilson two-line index as a finite-$N$ Macdonald pairing. For the first non-minuscule $U(2)$ coefficient, a local two-minuscule convolution model with Higgs branch $T^*\mathbb P^1$ has two Jeffrey--Kirwan residues, while subtracting the determinant intersection-cohomology summand supplies the additional $-\mathfrak t$ term. The same transverse $A_1$ calculation, dressed by the spectator-root factor, reproduces the first lower $U(3)$ coefficient. The local convolution calculation and its spectator lift provide low-rank checks of the complete DAHA coefficients independent of the inverse recursion, while their boundary-localization interpretation remains conjectural. Assuming an isometric oriented boundary Fourier intertwiner, the DAHA construction is compatible with the expected boundary S-duality relation.
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Ruiliang Li. 2026-06-15. Spherical-DAHA predictions for boundary monopole bubbling of non-minuscule 't Hooft lines in $\mathcal N=4$ SYM. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.16660
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