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We extend the formula for partition functions of N=2 superconformal gauge theories on S^3 obtained recently by Kapustin, Willett and Yaakov, to incorporate matter fields with arbitrary R-charge assignments. We use the result to check that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-04 Naofumi Hama , Kazuo Hosomichi , Sungjay Lee

We consider $3d$ $\mathcal{N}\!=\!2$ gauge theories with fundamental matter plus a single field in a rank-$2$ representation. Using iteratively a process of "deconfinement" of the rank-$2$ field, we produce a sequence of Seiberg-dual quiver…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-12 Sergio Benvenuti , Ivan Garozzo , Gabriele Lo Monaco

Three dimensional N=2 gauge theories with arbitrary gauge group and fundamental flavors are engineered from degenerations of Calabi-Yau four-folds. We show how Coulomb and Higgs branches emerge in the geometric picture. The analysis of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Duiliu-Emanuel Diaconescu , Sergei Gukov

Mixed anomalies, higher form symmetries, two-group symmetries and non-invertible symmetries have proved to be useful in providing non-trivial constraints on the dynamics of quantum field theories. We study mixed anomalies involving discrete…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-08 Noppadol Mekareeya , Matteo Sacchi

Starting from Seiberg's electric-magnetic duality for supersymmetric QCD, we construct dual pairs of non-supersymmetric gauge theories. This is accomplished by first taking the large N limit of supersymmetric QCD and its dual partner and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-25 Martin Schmaltz

Integrable models with higher N=2 and N=4 supersymmetries are formulated on reductions of twisted loop superalgebras $\hat{sl}(2|2)$ and $\hat{sl}(4|4) $ endowed with principal gradation. In case of the $\hat{sl}(4|4)$ loop algebra a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Aratyn , J. F. Gomes , L. H. Ymai , A. H. Zimerman

The superconformal index of a 4d gauge theory is computed by a matrix integral arising from localization of the supersymmetric path integral on S^3 x S^1 to the saddle point. As the radius of the circle goes to zero, it is natural to expect…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-27 Abhijit Gadde , Wenbin Yan

We clarify how mirror symmetry acts on 3d theories with N=2,3 or 4 supersymmetries and non-abelian Chern-Simons terms and then construct many new examples. We identify a new duality, geometric duality, that allows us to generate large…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-28 Kristan Jensen , Andreas Karch

We introduce a notion of $Q$-algebra that can be considered as a generalization of the notion of $Q$-manifold (a supermanifold equipped with an odd vector field obeying $\{Q,Q\} =0$). We develop the theory of connections on modules over…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Albert Schwarz

In this paper we present various $4d$ $\mathcal{N}=1$ dualities involving theories obtained by gluing two $E[USp(2N)]$ blocks via the gauging of a common $USp(2N)$ symmetry with the addition of $2L$ fundamental matter chiral fields. For…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-23 Lea E. Bottini , Chiung Hwang , Sara Pasquetti , Matteo Sacchi

Two-dimensional (2d) $\mathcal{N}=(4,4)$ Lie superalgebras can be either "small" or "large", meaning their R-symmetry is either $\mathfrak{so}(4)$ or $\mathfrak{so}(4) \oplus \mathfrak{so}(4)$, respectively. Both cases admit a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-15 Pietro Capuozzo , John Estes , Brandon Robinson , Benjamin Suzzoni

In this paper we study the IR dynamics of $SU(N)$ gauge theories with four supercharges in 3d in presence of symmetric or antisymmetric tensor. Using the tensor deconfinement technique we provide some proofs of results previously claimed in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-01 Antonio Amariti , Fabio Mantegazza , Simone Rota

A recently proposed correspondence between 4-dimensional N=2 SUSY SU(k) gauge theories on R^4/Z_m and SU(k) Toda-like theories with Z_m parafermionic symmetry is used to construct four-point N=1 super Liouville conformal block, which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-10-03 A. Belavin , V. Belavin , M. Bershtein

This is the 11th article in the collection of reviews "Exact results in N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories", ed. J. Teschner. It describes an approach to understanding the 4d/2d relations discovered by Alday, Gaiotto and Tachikawa by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-23 Jörg Teschner

It is argued that dimensional reduction of Seiberg-Witten map for a gauge field induces Seiberg-Witten maps for the other noncommutative fields of a gauge invariant theory. We demonstrate this observation by dimensionally reducing the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 E. Ulas Saka , Kayhan Ulker

We consider generalisations of the recently proposed supersymmetry breaking deformation of the 5d rank-1 $E_1$ superconformal field theory to higher rank. We generalise the arguments to theories which admit a mass deformation leading to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-31 Mohammad Akhond , Masazumi Honda , Francesco Mignosa

We classify possible `self-duality' equations for p-form gauge fields in space-time dimension up to D=16, generalizing the pioneering work of Corrigan et al. (1982) on Yang-Mills fields (p=1) for D from 5 to 8. We impose two crucial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Laurent Baulieu , Celine Laroche

We interpret the dynamics of Supersymmetric QCD (SQCD) in terms of ideas familiar from the hadronic world. Some mysterious properties of the supersymmetric theory, such as the emergent magnetic gauge symmetry, are shown to have analogs in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-02-16 Zohar Komargodski

Duality groups of Abelian gauge theories on four manifolds and their reduction to two dimensions are considered. The duality groups include elements that relate different space-times in addition to relating different gauge-coupling…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Giveon , M. Porrati

We study the superconformal index of 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories on $S^1\times_{\omega} S^2$ in the Cardy-like limit where the radius of the $S^1$ is much smaller than that of the $S^2$. We show that the first two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-01 Nikolay Bobev , Sunjin Choi , Junho Hong , Valentin Reys