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There has been recent interest in supergravity solutions which display the singularities of a particular 2-orbifold known as a "spindle". In this talk I will discuss the computation of the partition function of N = (2,2) SQFTs on the spindle via the technique of supersymmetric localization. I will explain how this background avoids the classes of 2-manifolds for which direct N = (2,2) localization has previously been considered and discuss and interpret the computation of 1-loop determinants, making comparison between the unpaired eigenvalue method and the "spindle index" of https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.17086. Time permitting, I will discuss connections with supergravity and accelerating black hole solutions. This talk is based on ongoing work with Augniva Ray, Hyojoong Kim, Imtak Jeon and Nakwoo Kim.
