Branes and DAHA Representations

TL;DR

This paper explores the representation theory of the spherical double affine Hecke algebra of type A1 using brane quantization and topological A-models, revealing new finite-dimensional representations and their connections to M-theory and 4d N=2* theories.

Contribution

It provides an explicit correspondence between finite-dimensional representations and A-branes, introduces new indecomposable representations, and links algebraic structures to M-theory brane constructions.

Findings

Explicit match between finite-dimensional reps and A-branes

Discovery of new finite-dimensional indecomposable representations

Identification of modular tensor categories with PSL(2,Z) action

Abstract

Using brane quantization, we study the representation theory of the spherical double affine Hecke algebra of type $A_1$ in terms of the topological A-model on the moduli space of flat SL(2,C)-connections on a once-punctured torus. In particular, we provide an explicit match between finite-dimensional representations and A-branes with compact support; one consequence is the discovery of new finite-dimensional indecomposable representations. We proceed to embed the A-model story in an M-theory brane construction, closely related to the one used in the 3d/3d correspondence; as a result, we identify modular tensor categories behind particular finite-dimensional representations with PSL(2,Z) action. Using a further connection to the fivebrane system for the class S construction, we go on to study the relationship of Coulomb branch geometry and algebras of line operators in 4d N=2* theories to the double affine Hecke algebra.