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More on 5d descriptions of 6d SCFTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-11-01 v2

Abstract

We propose new five-dimensional gauge theory descriptions of six-dimensional N=(1,0)\mathcal{N}=(1,0) superconformal field theories arising from type IIA brane configurations including an ON0ON^0-plane. The new five-dimensional gauge theories may have SOSO, SpSp, and SUSU gauge groups and further broaden the landscape of ultraviolet complete five-dimensional N=1\mathcal{N}=1 supersymmetric gauge theories. When we include an O8O8^--plane in addition to an ON0ON^0-plane, T-duality yields two O7O7^--planes at the intersections of an ON0ON^0-plane and two O50O5^0-planes. We propose a novel resolution of the O7O7^--plane with four D7-branes in such a configuration, which enables us to obtain three different types of five-dimensional gauge theories, depending on whether we resolve either none or one or two O7O7^--planes. Such different possibilities yield a new five-dimensional duality between a D-type SUSU quiver and an SOSpSO-Sp quiver theories. We also claim that a twisted circle compactification of a six-dimensional superconformal field theory may lead to a five-dimensional gauge theory different from those obtained by a simple circle compactification.

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@article{arxiv.1512.08239,
  title  = {More on 5d descriptions of 6d SCFTs},
  author = {Hirotaka Hayashi and Sung-Soo Kim and Kimyeong Lee and Masato Taki and Futoshi Yagi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.08239},
  year   = {2016}
}

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