$\mathcal{N} = 2$ Orbi-S-Folds
Abstract
We introduce a new class of non-compact backgrounds of Type IIB string theory preserving eight supercharges by combining S-folds and non-perturbative 7-branes wrapping orbifolds, and study the four-dimensional superconformal field theories arising at low energy on -branes probing them. We draw a precise correspondence between this setup and the torus compactification of six-dimensional orbi-instanton theories with a Stiefel-Whitney twist, and use it to determine the main features of such strongly-coupled systems, like central charges, spectra of Coulomb-branch operators, networks of Higgs-branch flows. Finally, with the aim to improve our understanding of the landscape of superconformal field theories, and possibly to extend their classification beyond rank two, we provide a detailed catalogue of all the rank-three theories that our framework gives access to.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2405.00101,
title = {$\mathcal{N} = 2$ Orbi-S-Folds},
author = {Simone Giacomelli and Raffaele Savelli and Gianluca Zoccarato},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.00101},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
78 pages, two appendices. Various corrections and clarifications have been added. References updated. Version accepted for publication in JHEP