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We study three dimensional gauge theories with N=2 supersymmetry. We show that the Coulomb branches of such theories may be rendered compact by the dynamical generation of Chern-Simons terms and present a new class of mirror symmetric…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Nick Dorey , David Tong

We explore the dynamics of three-dimensional Chern-Simons gauge theories with N=2 supersymmetry and matter in the fundamental and adjoint representations of the gauge group. Realizing the gauge theories of interest in a setup of threebranes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Vasilis Niarchos

Using a recently proposed duality for $U(N)$ supersymmetric QCD (SQCD) in three dimensions with monopole superpotential, in this paper we derive the mirror dual description of $\mathcal{N}=2$ SQCD with unitary gauge group, generalizing the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-23 Simone Giacomelli , Noppadol Mekareeya

We propose new 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ Seiberg-like dualities by considering various monopole superpotential deformations on 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ $U(N_c)$ SQCDs with fundamental and adjoint matter fields. We provide nontrivial evidence of these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-30 Chiung Hwang , Sungjoon Kim , Jaemo Park

We propose a universal manipulation to obtain Seiberg-like dualities of 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ general quiver gauge theories with unitary, symplectic and orthogonal gauge groups coupled to fundamental and bifundamental matter fields. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-28 Tadashi Okazaki , Douglas J. Smith

We propose a Seiberg duality for a 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ $Spin(7)$ gauge theory with $F$ spinor matters. For $F \ge 6$, the theory allows a magnetic dual description with an $SU(F-4)$ gauge group. The matter content on the magnetic side is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Keita Nii

We study in detail the space of perturbations of a pair of dual $N=1$ supersymmetric theories based on an $SU(N_c)$ gauge theory with an adjoint $X$ and fundamentals with a superpotential which is polynomial in $X$. The equivalence between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-15 D. Kutasov , A. Schwimmer , N. Seiberg

The three dimensional N=2 supersymmetric Chern-Simons theory coupled to matter fields, possibly deformed by a superpotential, give rise to a large class of exactly conformal theories with Lagrangian descriptions. These theories can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-05 Davide Gaiotto , Xi Yin

A distinctive duality present in 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ theories is the 3d mirror symmetry. Under this duality, the Coulomb (Higgs) branch of one theory corresponds to the Higgs (Coulomb) branch of its mirror dual. This paper is divided into…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-25 Zhenghao Zhong

We recently conjectured a set of dualities relating two-dimensional orthogonal gauge theories with $\mathcal{N}=(4,4)$ supersymmetry, analogous to Hori's dualities with $\mathcal{N}=(2,2)$ supersymmetry. Here we provide a quantitative test…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-07-24 Eran Avraham , Oren Bergman

We undertake a systematic study of the $4$-dimensional $SU(N)$ $2$-index chiral gauge theories and investigate their faithful global symmetries and dynamics. These are a finite set of theories with fermions in the $2$-index symmetric and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-10 Mohamed M. Anber , Samson Y. L. Chan

We discuss in detail level/rank duality in three-dimensional Chern-Simons theories and various related dualities in three-dimensional Chern-Simons-matter theories. We couple the dual Lagrangians to appropriate background fields (including…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-10-12 Po-Shen Hsin , Nathan Seiberg

We discuss several aspects of three dimensional N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories coupled to chiral multiplets. The generation of Chern-Simons couplings at low-energies results in novel behaviour including compact Coulomb branches,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 David Tong

We study duality in $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric QCD in the non-Abelian Coulomb phase, order-by-order in scheme-independent series expansions. Using exact results, we show how the dimensions of various fundamental and composite chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 Thomas A. Ryttov , Robert Shrock

We introduce a family of dualities between certain non-supersymmetric self-dual gauge theories on a large class of $4d$ self-dual asymptotically flat backgrounds, and the large $N$ limit of an independently defined $2d$ chiral defect CFT.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-06 Roland Bittleston , Kevin Costello , Keyou Zeng

We show that 4D gauge theories with Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation and possible generalized Chern-Simons terms admit a formulation that is manifestly covariant with respect to electric/magnetic duality transformations. This generalizes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-02-07 Jan De Rydt , Torsten T. Schmidt , Mario Trigiante , Antoine Van Proeyen , Marco Zagermann

We conjecture a new sequence of dualities between Chern-Simons gauge theories simultaneously coupled to fundamental bosons and fermions. These dualities reduce to those proposed by Aharony when the number of bosons or fermions is zero. Our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-02-02 Kristan Jensen

In this paper we consider 4d $\mathrm{SU}(N)$ gauge theories with $N+1$ fundamentals, five antifundamentals and a conjugate two index antisymmetric tensor. The model has been shown to be in a mixed phase in the IR, splitting in an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-12 Antonio Amariti , Pietro Glorioso , Chiara Mascherpa , Andrea Zanetti

Aspects of three dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ gauge theories with monopole superpotentials and their dualities are investigated. The moduli spaces of a number of such theories are studied using Hilbert series. Moreover, we propose new…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-01 Antonio Amariti , Ivan Garozzo , Noppadol Mekareeya

We propose a new dual description of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ $SU(N)$ gauge theory with one adjoint ($X$) and $N_f$ fundamental matters with a superpotential $W = \text{Tr}\, X^{p+1}$. The dual theory consists of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-16 Kazunobu Maruyoshi , Emily Nardoni , Jaewon Song