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Deconstructing S-Duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-06-20 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We use the technique of deconstruction to lift dualities from 2+1 to 3+1 dimensions. In this work we demonstrate the basic idea by deriving S-duality of maximally supersymmetric electromagnetism in 3+1 dimensions from mirror symmetry in 2+1. We also study the deconstruction of a non-supersymmetric duality in 3+1 dimensions using Abelian bosonization in 2+1 dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.1802.01592,
  title  = {Deconstructing S-Duality},
  author = {Kyle Aitken and Andreas Karch and Brandon Robinson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.01592},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

21 pages, 4 figures; v2: minor improvements in presentation

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