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More on $\mathcal{N} =2$ S-folds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-10-20 v2

Abstract

We carry out a systematic study of 4d N=2\mathcal{N} = 2 preserving S-folds of F-theory 7-branes and the worldvolume theories on D3-branes probing them. They consist of two infinite series of theories, which we denote following the original papers by SG,(r)\mathcal{S}^{(r)}_{G,\ell} for =2,3,4\ell = 2,3,4 and TG,(r)\mathcal{T}^{(r)}_{G,\ell} for =2,3,4,5,6\ell = 2,3,4,5,6. Their distinction lies in the discrete torsion carried by the S-fold and in the difference in the asymptotic holonomy of the gauge bundle on the 7-brane. We study various properties of these theories, using diverse field theoretical and string theoretical methods.

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@article{arxiv.2010.03943,
  title  = {More on $\mathcal{N} =2$ S-folds},
  author = {Simone Giacomelli and Mario Martone and Yuji Tachikawa and Gabi Zafrir},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.03943},
  year   = {2020}
}

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47 pages, 13 figures and 6 tables, references added and minor changes

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