Quantum hydrodynamics from large-n supersymmetric gauge theories

We study the connection between periodic finite-difference Intermediate Long Wave (ΔILW\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\Delta \hbox {ILW}$$\end{document}) hydrodynamical systems and integrable many-body models of Calogero and Ruijsenaars-type. The former describe quantum cohomology and quantum K-theory of the ADHM moduli space of Abelian instantons, while the latter arise in the instanton counting of four- and five-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories with eight supercharges in the presence of defects. Using string theory dualities, we provide correspondences between hydrodynamical and many-body integrable systems. In particular, we match the energy spectra on both sides.