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Three-dimensional gauge theories with supersymmetry enhancement

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-03-22 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We conjecture infrared emergent N=4\mathcal{N}=4 supersymmetry for a class of three-dimensional N=2\mathcal{N}=2 U(1)U(1) gauge theories coupled with a single chiral multiplet. One example is the case where U(1)U(1) gauge group has the Chern-Simons level 32-\frac{3}2 and the chiral multiplet has gauge charge +1+1. Other examples are related to this example either by known dualities or rescaling the Abelian gauge field. We give three independent evidences for the conjecture: 1) exact match between the central charges of the U(1)U(1) R-symmetry current and the U(1)U(1) topological symmetry current, 2) semi-classical construction of the N=4\mathcal{N}=4 stress-tensor multiplet, and 3) an IR duality between a direct product of the two copies of the 3d theory on the one hand, and an N=4\mathcal{N}=4 theory obtained by gauging the diagonal SU(2)SU(2) flavor symmetry of the T[SU(2)]T[SU(2)] theory, on the other. The duality in 3) follows from geometrical aspects of the 3d-3d correspondence.

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@article{arxiv.1806.07714,
  title  = {Three-dimensional gauge theories with supersymmetry enhancement},
  author = {Dongmin Gang and Masahito Yamazaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.07714},
  year   = {2019}
}

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6 pages, v2: Title changed, Published version