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The ABCDEFGJK of maximally strongly coupled $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-05-27 v1

Abstract

We classify all possible charge lattices and 1-form symmetry groups for N=2\mathcal{N}=2 SCFTs with characteristic dimension ϰ{1,2}\varkappa \neq \{1,2\}. For rank-rr SCFTs that are not stacks of lower rank theories the order of the 1-form symmetry group can be 1,2,3,4 and r+1r+1. As an application of the classification we show that N=2\mathcal{N}=2 SS-folds and Minahan-Nemeschansky SCFTs have trivial 1-form symmetry. We find two sporadic lattices compatible with the Coulomb branch geometries C5/G33\mathbb{C}^5/G_{33} and C6/G34\mathbb{C}^6/G_{34} that are not realized by any known SCFT. The former, if realized, would have a Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 1-form symmetry and a non-invertible topological defect.

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@article{arxiv.2405.15582,
  title  = {The ABCDEFGJK of maximally strongly coupled $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs},
  author = {Antonio Amariti and Simone Rota},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.15582},
  year   = {2024}
}

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37 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables