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We compute the partition function of \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 supersymmetric mixed dimensional QED on a squashed hemisphere using localization. Mixed dimensional QED is an abelian gauge theory coupled to charged matter fields at the boundary. The partition function is a function of the complex gauge coupling τ, the choice of R-symmetry and the squashing deformation. The superconformal R-symmetry is determined using the 3-dimensional F-maximization. The free energy as a function of squashing deformation allows computing correlation functions that contain the insertion of the energy-momentum tensor. We compute the 2-point correlation function of the energy-momentum tensor of 3-dimensional theory by differentiating the free energy with respect to the squashing parameter. We comment on the behaviour of the 2-point function as we change the complex coupling τ.
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Gupta, R.K., Ray, A. & Sil, K. Supersymmetric graphene on squashed hemisphere. J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 74 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2021)074
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