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We conjecture a precise relation between the superconformal indices of two theories defined in different spacetime dimensions. The first is the three-dimensional ABJM theory describing the worldvolume of parallel M2-branes in M-theory on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-27 Heng-Yu Chen , Nick Dorey , Sanefumi Moriyama , Rishi Mouland , Canberk Sanli

In this note we review the construction of topologically gauged M2 branes with 6 supersymmetries and discuss some of its properties. This is done using the 3-algebra formulation thereby covering all possible gauge groups. We will elaborate…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-03-23 Bengt E. W. Nilsson

We present a trace formula for an index over the spectrum of four dimensional superconformal field theories on $S^3 \times $ time. Our index receives contributions from states invariant under at least one supercharge and captures all…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-07 Justin Kinney , Juan Maldacena , Shiraz Minwalla , Suvrat Raju

We show that the $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ superconformal theory on a single M5 brane on the ALE space of type $G=A_n, D_n, E_n$, when compactified on $T^2$, becomes a class S theory of type $G$ on a sphere with two full punctures and a simple…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-24 Kantaro Ohmori , Hiroyuki Shimizu , Yuji Tachikawa , Kazuya Yonekura

The superconformal index $Z$ of the 6d (2,0) theory on $S^5 \times S^1$ (which is related to the localization partition function of 5d SYM on $S^5$) should be captured at large $N$ by the quantum M2 brane theory in the dual M-theory…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-12 Matteo Beccaria , Simone Giombi , Arkady A. Tseytlin

We study superconformal indices of 4d N=2 class S theories with certain irregular punctures called type $I_{k, N}$. This class of theories include generalized Argyres-Douglas theories of type $(A_{k-1}, A_{N-1})$ and more. We conjecture the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-06-21 Jaewon Song

We compute the index for orbifold quiver gauge theories. We compare it with the results obtained from the type IIB supergravity (superstring) on AdS_5 \times S^5/\Gamma.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Yu Nakayama

We review derivation of superconformal indices by means of supersymmetric localization and spherical harmonic expansion for 3d N=2, 4d N=1, and 6d N=(1,0) supersymmetric gauge theories. We demonstrate calculation of indices for vector…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-11-18 Yosuke Imamura

We study the large-$N$ limit of superconformal index for two strongly interacting Chern-Simons theories in three dimensions with $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetry, and compare the result against the AdS/CFT dual, namely the data of full…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-17 Hyojoong Kim , Nakwoo Kim

We investigate the superconformal index of a three-dimensional $SU(2)$ ${\mathcal N}=2$ supersymmetric QCD with $N_f=4$ flavors. This theory confines with the breaking of a global symmetry. We obtain the index of this theory by integrating…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-02 Ilmar Gahramanov

We give a short account of the recently constructed N=2 D=6 matter coupled supergravity based on the F(4) exceptional supergroup and of its 5D superconformal theory correspondent.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-19 Riccardo D'Auria , Sergio Ferrara , Silvia Vaulá

We engineer a large new set of four-dimensional N=1 superconformal field theories by wrapping M5-branes on complex curves. We present new supersymmetric AdS_5 M-theory backgrounds which describe these fixed points at large N, and then…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-06-05 Ibrahima Bah , Christopher Beem , Nikolay Bobev , Brian Wecht

We discuss the N=2 superspace formulation of the N=8 superconformal Bagger-Lambert-Gustavsson theory, and of the N=6 superconformal Aharony-Bergman-Jafferis-Maldacena U(N)xU(N) Chern-Simons theory. In particular, we prove the full SU(4)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-12-10 Marcus Benna , Igor Klebanov , Thomas Klose , Mikael Smedbäck

We propose general relations between the conformal anomaly and the chiral (R-symmetry and gravitational) anomaly coefficients in 6d (1,0) superconformal theories. The suggested expressions for the three type B conformal anomaly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-16 Matteo Beccaria , Arkady A. Tseytlin

We study two dimensional $N=(4,4)$ supersymmetric gauge theories with various gauge groups and various hypermultiplets in the fundamental as well as bi-fundamental and adjoint representations. They have " mirror theories " which become…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Alishahiha

We develop a new off-shell formulation for six-dimensional conformal supergravity obtained by gauging the 6D $\mathcal{N}=(2,0)$ superconformal algebra in superspace. We provide the complete gauged algebra, which proves to be considerably…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-19 Christian Kennedy , Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli

We consider superconformal field theories in three and six dimensions with eight supercharges which can be realized on the world-volume of M-theory branes sitting at orbifold singularities. We find that they should admit a N=4 and N=2…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Ferrara , A. Kehagias , H. Partouche , A. Zaffaroni

We construct supersymmetric $AdS_5\times \Sigma$ solutions of $D=7$ gauged supergravity, where $\Sigma$ is a two-dimensional orbifold known as a spindle. These uplift on $S^4$ to solutions of $D=11$ supergravity which have orbifold…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-17 Pietro Ferrero , Jerome P. Gauntlett , Dario Martelli , James Sparks

We derive an energy bound for a `baryonic' D5-brane probe in the $adS_5\times S^5$ background near the horizon of $N$ D3-branes. Configurations saturating the bound are shown to be 1/4 supersymmetric $S^5$-wrapped D5-branes, with a total…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 Joaquim Gomis , Alfonso Ramallo , Joan Simon , Paul Townsend

For any 5d ${\cal N}=1$ superconformal field theory, we propose a "complete" prepotential which reduces to the perturbative prepotential for any of its possible gauge theory realizations, manifests its global symmetry when written in terms…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-17 Hirotaka Hayashi , Sung-Soo Kim , Kimyeong Lee , Futoshi Yagi