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In this paper we apply supersymmetric localization to study gauged linear sigma models (GLSMs) describing supermanifold target spaces. We use the localization method to show that A-twisted GLSM correlation functions for certain supermanifolds are equivalent to A-twisted GLSM correlation functions for hypersurfaces in ordinary spaces under certain conditions. We also argue that physical two-sphere partition functions are the same for these two types of target spaces. Therefore, we reproduce the claim of [1, 2]. Furthermore, we explore elliptic genera and (0,2) deformations and find similar phenomena.
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Gu, W., Zou, H. Supersymmetric localization in GLSMs for supermanifolds. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 19 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2019)019
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