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Tinkertoys for Gaiotto Duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-26 v2

Abstract

We describe a procedure for classifying N=2 superconformal theories of the type introduced by Davide Gaiotto. Any curve, C, on which the 6D A_{N-1} SCFT is compactified, can be decomposed into 3-punctured spheres, connected by cylinders. We classify the spheres, and the cylinders that connect them. The classification is carried out explicitly, up through N=5, and for several families of SCFTs for arbitrary N. These lead to a wealth of new S-dualities between Lagrangian and non-Lagrangian N=2 SCFTs.

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@article{arxiv.1008.5203,
  title  = {Tinkertoys for Gaiotto Duality},
  author = {Oscar Chacaltana and Jacques Distler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.5203},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

61 pages, 136 figures (a veritable comic book). V2: Grotty bitmapped figures replaced with PDF versions; a couple of references fixed

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