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Punctures for Theories of Class $\mathcal{S}_\Gamma$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-04-26 v1 Commutative Algebra Combinatorics

Abstract

With the aim of understanding compactifications of 6D superconformal field theories to four dimensions, we study punctures for theories of class SΓ\mathcal{S}_{\Gamma}. The class SΓ\mathcal{S}_{\Gamma} theories arise from M5-branes probing C2/Γ\mathbb{C}^2 / \Gamma, an ADE singularity. The resulting 4D theories descend from compactification on Riemann surfaces decorated with punctures. We show that for class SΓ\mathcal{S}_{\Gamma} theories, a puncture is specified by singular boundary conditions for fields in the 5D quiver gauge theory obtained from compactification of the 6D theory on a cylinder geometry. We determine general boundary conditions and study in detail solutions with first order poles. This yields a generalization of the Nahm pole data present for 1/21/2 BPS punctures for theories of class S\mathcal{S}. Focusing on specific algebraic structures, we show how the standard discussion of nilpotent orbits and its connection to representations of su(2)\mathfrak{su}(2) generalizes in this broader context.

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@article{arxiv.1609.01281,
  title  = {Punctures for Theories of Class $\mathcal{S}_\Gamma$},
  author = {Jonathan J. Heckman and Patrick Jefferson and Tom Rudelius and Cumrun Vafa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.01281},
  year   = {2017}
}

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39 pages