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Infinitely many N=1 dualities from $m+1-m=1$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-04 v1

Abstract

We discuss two infinite classes of 4d supersymmetric theories, TN(m){T}_N^{(m)} and UN(m){\cal U}_N^{(m)}, labelled by an arbitrary non-negative integer, mm. The TN(m){T}_N^{(m)} theory arises from the 6d, AN1A_{N-1} type N=(2,0){\cal N}=(2,0) theory reduced on a 3-punctured sphere, with normal bundle given by line bundles of degree (m+1,m)(m+1, -m); the m=0m=0 case is the N=2{\cal N}=2 supersymmetric TNT_N theory. The novelty is the negative-degree line bundle. The UN(m){\cal U}_N^{(m)} theories likewise arise from the 6d N=(2,0){\cal N}=(2,0) theory on a 4-punctured sphere, and can be regarded as gluing together two (partially Higgsed) TN(m){T}_N^{(m)} theories. The TN(m){T}_N^{(m)} and UN(m){\cal U}_N^{(m)} theories can be represented, in various duality frames, as quiver gauge theories, built from TNT_N components via gauging and nilpotent Higgsing. We analyze the RG flow of the UN(m){\cal U}_N^{(m)} theories, and find that, for all integer m>0m>0, they end up at the same IR SCFT as SU(N)SU(N) SQCD with 2N2N flavors and quartic superpotential. The UN(m){\cal U}_N^{(m)} theories can thus be regarded as an infinite set of UV completions, dual to SQCD with Nf=2NcN_f=2N_c. The UN(m){\cal U}_N^{(m)} duals have different duality frame quiver representations, with 2m+12m+1 gauge nodes.

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@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}
}

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42 pages, 30 figures