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Hadrons in $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric QCD from non-Abelian string on 2D black hole

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-05-08 v1

Abstract

We continue the study of non-Abelian vortex string in 4D N=2\mathcal{N}=2 supersymmetric QCD as critical superstring, and extend this analysis to U(N)U(N) gauge theory with arbitrary even NN and Nf=2NN_f=2N number of quarks. We introduce a special mass deformation and show that the SQCD hadron spectrum is still given by the string spectrum on the 2D N=2\mathcal{N}=2 supersymmetric black hole. We perform a cross-check by computing the multiplicity of hadronic states of the high-energy part of the spectrum both from string and field theory pictures. We also clarify the spontaneous breaking of the global flavor symmetry by VEV of the massless baryon. We finally claim, that phase diagram of N=2\mathcal{N}=2 SQCD with Nf=2NN_f=2N consists of the Higgs phase at weak coupling and string/hadronic phase at strong coupling, separated by phase transition, and is seen as a conifold transition from string theory point of view.

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@article{arxiv.2605.06550,
  title  = {Hadrons in $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric QCD from non-Abelian string on 2D black hole},
  author = {E. Ievlev and A. Marshakov and G. Sumbatian and A. Yung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.06550},
  year   = {2026}
}

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37+$\varepsilon$ pages, 5 figures