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Universal Planar Abelian Duals for 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ Symplectic CS-SQCD

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-05-11 v1

Abstract

We propose a new class of infrared dualities relating three-dimensional N=2\mathcal{N}=2 USp(2N)USp(2N) Chern--Simons SQCD to planar Abelian quiver gauge theories. These dual descriptions are constructed via real mass deformations of established N=4\mathcal N=4 mirror dualities between N=4\mathcal{N}=4 USp(2N)USp(2N) SQCD and unitary DD-type quiver gauge theories. The resulting N=2\mathcal N=2 dual pairs exhibit the characteristic exchange of topological and flavor symmetries. We provide nontrivial evidence for these dualities by matching Sb3\mathbf{S}^3_b partition functions, superconformal indices, and gauge-invariant operator spectra. Furthermore, we systematically incorporate additional real mass deformations on both sides of the duality, allowing us to extend the construction to N=2\mathcal{N}=2 symplectic SQCD with generic ranks, flavors, and Chern--Simons levels.

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@article{arxiv.2605.06776,
  title  = {Universal Planar Abelian Duals for 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ Symplectic CS-SQCD},
  author = {Sergio Benvenuti and Vittorio Cagioni and Simone Rota and Anant Shri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.06776},
  year   = {2026}
}

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78 pages, 13 figures