SUSY monopole potentials in 2+1 dimensions
Abstract
Gauge theories in 2+1 dimensions can admit monopole operators in the potential. Starting with the theory without monopole potential, if the monopole potential is relevant there is an RG flow to the monopole-deformed theory. Here, focusing on U(Nc) SQCD with Nf flavors and N=2 supersymmetry, we show that even when the monopole potential is irrelevant, the monopole-modified theory Tm can exist and enjoy Seiberg-like dualities. We provide a renormalizable UV completion of Tm and an electric-magnetic dual description Tm'. We subject our proposal to various consistency checks such as mass deformations and three-sphere partition functions checks. We observe that Tm is the S-duality wall of 4D N=2 SQCD. We also consider monopole-deformed theories with Chern-Simons couplings and their duals.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1703.08460,
title = {SUSY monopole potentials in 2+1 dimensions},
author = {Francesco Benini and Sergio Benvenuti and Sara Pasquetti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.08460},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
40 pages, 4 figures