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Hierarchy of RG flows in 6d $(1,0)$ orbi-instantons

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-12-15 v2

Abstract

NN M5-branes probing the intersection between the orbifold C2/ΓADE\mathbb{C}^2/\Gamma_\text{ADE} and an E8E_8 wall give rise to 6d (1,0)(1,0) SCFTs known as ADE-type orbi-instantons. At fixed NN and order of the orbifold, each element of Hom(ΓADE,E8)\text{Hom}(\Gamma_\text{ADE},E_8) defines a different SCFT. The SCFTs are connected by Higgs branch RG flows, which generically reduce the flavor symmetry of the UV fixed point. We determine the full hierarchy of these RG flows for type A, i.e. C2/Zk\mathbb{C}^2/\mathbb{Z}_k, for any value of NN and kk. The hierarchy takes the form of an intricate Hasse diagram: each node represents an IR orbi-instanton (homomorphism), and each edge an allowed flow, compatibly with the 6d aa-theorem. The partial order is defined via quiver subtraction of the 3d magnetic quivers associated with the 6d SCFTs, which is equivalent to performing a so-called Kraft-Procesi transition between homomorphisms.

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@article{arxiv.2208.11703,
  title  = {Hierarchy of RG flows in 6d $(1,0)$ orbi-instantons},
  author = {Marco Fazzi and Suvendu Giri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.11703},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

v2: typos fixed, references added, improved discussion in section 3.3, version published in JHEP; v1: Part I of a series of papers; 49+31 pages; 25 figures (hi-res figures can be downloaded from the arXiv submission source)