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$\mathcal{N} = 2$ Orbi-S-Folds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-11-13 v2

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 D3D3-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 N=2\mathcal{N}=2 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.

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@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

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