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We study supersymmetric deformations of \( \mathcal{N}=4 \) quantum mechanics with a Kähler target space admitting a holomorphic isometry. We show that the twisted mass deformation generalises to a deformation constructed from matrix-valued functions of the moment map, which obey the Nahm equations. We also explain how \( \mathcal{N}=4 \) supersymmetry implies that the Berry connection on the vacuum bundle for this theory satisfies the BPS monopole equations. In the case where the target space is a Riemann sphere, our analysis reduces to the standard Nahm construction of monopoles. This generalises an earlier result by Sonner and Tong to the case of monopoles of magnetic charge greater than one.
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Wong, K. Berry’s connection, Kähler geometry and the Nahm construction of monopoles. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 1–13 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2015)147
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