Infinitely many N=1 dualities from $m+1-m=1$
Abstract
We discuss two infinite classes of 4d supersymmetric theories, and , labelled by an arbitrary non-negative integer, . The theory arises from the 6d, type theory reduced on a 3-punctured sphere, with normal bundle given by line bundles of degree ; the case is the supersymmetric theory. The novelty is the negative-degree line bundle. The theories likewise arise from the 6d theory on a 4-punctured sphere, and can be regarded as gluing together two (partially Higgsed) theories. The and theories can be represented, in various duality frames, as quiver gauge theories, built from components via gauging and nilpotent Higgsing. We analyze the RG flow of the theories, and find that, for all integer , they end up at the same IR SCFT as SQCD with flavors and quartic superpotential. The theories can thus be regarded as an infinite set of UV completions, dual to SQCD with . The duals have different duality frame quiver representations, with gauge nodes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1505.00255,
title = {Infinitely many N=1 dualities from $m+1-m=1$},
author = {Prarit Agarwal and Kenneth Intriligator and Jaewon Song},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.00255},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
42 pages, 30 figures