Quasi-Hopf twist and elliptic Nekrasov factor

Abstract

Abstract We investigate the quasi-Hopf twist of the quantum toroidal algebra of $$ {\mathfrak{gl}}_1 $$ gl 1 as an elliptic deformation. Under the quasi-Hopf twist the underlying algebra remains the same, but the coproduct is deformed, where the twist parameter p is identified as the elliptic modulus. Computing the quasi-Hopf twist of the R matrix, we uncover the relation to the elliptic lift of the Nekrasov factor for instanton counting of the quiver gauge theories on ℝ4× T2. The same R matrix also appears in the commutation relation of the intertwiners, which implies an elliptic quantum KZ equation for the trace of intertwiners. We also show that it allows a solution which is factorized into the elliptic Nekrasov factors and the triple elliptic gamma function.