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3d Chern--Simons matter theories from generalized Argyres--Douglas theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-02-17 v2

Abstract

We study 3d N=2\mathcal{N}=2 Chern--Simons matter theories describing the R-twisted S1S^1-reduction of Argyres--Douglas theories of (AM1,AN1)(A_{M-1},A_{N-1}) type with gcd(M,N)=1\text{gcd}(M,N)=1, via a recently-proposed 4d/3d correspondence. In particular, for the (A2,AN1)(A_2,A_{N-1}) and (A3,AN1)(A_3,A_{N-1}) theories, we identify a series of Chern--Simons matter theories with monopole superpotentials consistent with an N=4\mathcal{N}=4 supersymmetry enhancement in the infrared. As a by-product, we also find a novel Nahm sum formula for the vacuum character of (3,8)(3,8) W3W_3 minimal model, from which we find another Chern--Simons matter theory describing the R-twisted S1S^1-reduction of the (A2,A4)(A_2,A_4) theory.

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@article{arxiv.2512.15201,
  title  = {3d Chern--Simons matter theories from generalized Argyres--Douglas theories},
  author = {Takahiro Nishinaka and Yutaka Yoshida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.15201},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

52 pages, 8 figures. Typos corrected. A footnote added