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In this paper we study supersymmetric co-dimension 2 and 4 defects in the compactification of the 6d (2, 0) theory of type A N −1 on a 3-manifold M . The so-called 3d-3d correspondence is a relation between complexified Chern-Simons theory (with gauge group \( \mathrm{S}\mathrm{L}\left(N,\mathbb{C}\right) \)) on M and a 3d \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) theory T N [M ]. We study this correspondence in the presence of supersymmetric defects, which are knots/links inside the 3-manifold. Our study employs a number of different methods: state-integral models for complex Chern-Simons theory, cluster algebra techniques, domain wall theory T [SU(N )], 5d \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) SYM, and also supergravity analysis through holography. These methods are complementary and we find agreement between them. In some cases the results lead to highly non-trivial predictions on the partition function. Our discussion includes a general expression for the cluster partition function, which can be used to compute in the presence of maximal and certain class of non-maximal punctures when N > 2. We also highlight the non-Abelian description of the 3d \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) T N [M ] theory with defect included, when such a description is available. This paper is a companion to our shorter paper [1], which summarizes our main results.
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Gang, D., Kim, N., Romo, M. et al. Aspects of defects in 3d-3d correspondence. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 62 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2016)062
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