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Maruyoshi-Song Flows and Defect Groups of $D_p^b(G)$ Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-11-03 v3

Abstract

We study the defect groups of Dpb(G)D_p^b(G) theories using geometric engineering and BPS quivers. In the simple case when b=h(G)b=h^\vee (G), we use the BPS quivers of the theory to see that the defect group is compatible with a known Maruyoshi-Song flow. To extend to the case where bh(G)b\neq h^\vee (G), we use a similar Maruyoshi-Song flow to conjecture that the defect groups of Dpb(G)D_p^b(G) theories are given by those of G(b)[k]G^{(b)}[k] theories. In the cases of G=An,  E6,  E8G=A_n, \;E_6, \;E_8 we cross check our result by calculating the BPS quivers of the G(b)[k]G^{(b)}[k] theories and looking at the cokernel of their intersection matrix.

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@article{arxiv.2106.03878,
  title  = {Maruyoshi-Song Flows and Defect Groups of $D_p^b(G)$ Theories},
  author = {Saghar S. Hosseini and Robert Moscrop},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.03878},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

22 pages, v2: Added references, v3: Added references and fixed typos