Super-Yang-Mills theories on S4 x R
arXiv:1405.2488 · doi:10.1007/JHEP08(2014)167
Abstract
We construct super-Yang-Mills theories on S4 x R, S4 x S1 and S4 x interval with the field content of maximal SYM, coupled to boundary degrees in the last case. These theories provide building blocks of the `5d uplifts' of gauge theories on S4, obtained by compactifying the 6d (2,0) theory. We pay special attention to the N=2* theory on S4. We also explain how to construct maximal SYM on S5 x R, and clarify when SYM theories can be put on S^n x R.
28 pages, no figures; v2. refs added, typos corrected, minor revision