The perturbative partition function of supersymmetric 5D Yang-Mills theory with matter on the five-sphere

Abstract

Based on the construction by Hosomichi, Seong and Terashima we consider N = 1 supersymmetric 5D Yang-Mills theory with matter on a five-sphere with radius r. This theory can be thought of as a deformation of the theory in flat space with deformation parameter r and this deformation preserves 8 supercharges. We calculate the full perturbative partition function as a function of $ {{{r} \left/ {{g_Y^2}} \right.}_M} $ , where $ {g_Y}_M $ is the Yang-Mills coupling, and the answer is given in terms of a matrix model. We perform the calculation using localization techniques. We also argue that in the large N-limit of this deformed 5D Yang-Mills theory this matrix model provides the leading contribution to the partition function and the rest is exponentially suppressed.