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In this paper we analyze various half-BPS defects in a general three dimensional N=2 supersymmetric gauge theory T. They correspond to closed paths in SUSY parameter space and their tension is computed by evaluating period integrals along…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Abhijit Gadde , Sergei Gukov , Pavel Putrov

Vector spaces of (framed) BPS states of Lagrangian four-dimensional N=2 field theories can be defined in semiclassical chambers in terms of the $L^2$-cohomology of Dirac-like operators on monopole moduli spaces. This was spelled out…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-06 T. Daniel Brennan , Gregory W. Moore

It is possible to understand whether a given BPS spectrum is generated by a relevant deformation of a 4D N=2 SCFT or of an asymptotically free theory from the periodicity properties of the corresponding quantum monodromy. With the aim of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-03-17 Michele Cirafici , Michele Del Zotto

Quantum defect embedding theory (QDET) is a many-body embedding method designed to describe condensed systems with correlated electrons localized within a given region of space, for example spin defects in semiconductors and insulators.…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-28 Siyuan Chen , Victor Wen-zhe Yu , Yu Jin , Marco Govoni , Giulia Galli

Quiver theories constitute an important class of supersymmetric gauge theories with well-defined holographic duals. Motivated by holographic duality, we use localisation on $S^d$ to study long linear quivers at large-N. The large-N solution…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-12 Carlos Nunez , Leonardo Santilli , Konstantin Zarembo

This work introduces topological regularization as a framework for handling ultraviolet divergences in quantum field theory, reinterpreting infinities as topological obstructions at spacetime boundaries. Through geometric compactification…

General Physics · Physics 2025-08-13 Sebastián Alí Sacasa-Céspedes

We study a realization of S dualities of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ class $\mathcal{S}$ theories based on BPS graphs. S duality transformations of the UV curve are explicitly expressed as a sequence of topological transitions of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-26 Dongmin Gang , Pietro Longhi , Masahito Yamazaki

We consider the $q$-nonabelianization map, which maps links $L$ in a 3-manifold $M$ to links $\widetilde{L}$ in a branched $N$-fold cover $\widetilde{M}$. In quantum field theory terms, $q$-nonabelianization is the UV-IR map relating two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Andrew Neitzke , Fei Yan

We consider a class of line operators in d=4, N=2 supersymmetric field theories which leave four supersymmetries unbroken. Such line operators support a new class of BPS states which we call "framed BPS states." These include halo bound…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-10-09 Davide Gaiotto , Gregory W. Moore , Andrew Neitzke

We study the correspondence between AdS$_3$ massive IIA supergravity vacua and two-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=(0,4)$ quiver quantum field theories. After categorizing all kinds of gravity solutions, we demystify the ones that seem to reflect…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-21 Kostas Filippas

We construct new half-BPS line defects in 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric quiver gauge theories whose Higgs branches are complete flag manifolds $X = {\rm Fl}(n)$. Upon circle compactification, the bulk theory flows to a non-linear sigma…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-14 Cyril Closset , Wei Gu , Osama Khlaif , Eric Sharpe , Hao Zhang , Hao Zou

We discuss several aspects of D-brane moduli spaces and BPS spectra near orbifold points. We give a procedure to determine the decay products on a line of marginal stability, and we define the algebra of BPS states in terms of quivers.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Bartomeu Fiol , Marcos Marino

Interaction of waves with point and line defects are usually described by $\delta$-function potentials supported on points or lines. In two dimensions, the scattering problem for a finite collection of point defects or parallel line defects…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-14 Hai V. Bui , Farhang Loran , Ali Mostafazadeh

We consider 5d supersymmetric gauge theories with unitary groups in the $\Omega$-background and study codim-2/4 BPS defects supported on orthogonal planes intersecting at the origin along a circle. The intersecting defects arise upon…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-22 Taro Kimura , Fabrizio Nieri

BPS quivers are central to our understanding of BPS states in 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric field theories and of D-branes at Calabi-Yau threefold singularities. The two subjects are deeply interrelated through geometric engineering in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-17 Johannes Aspman , Cyril Closset , Elias Furrer , Jan Manschot

We define "BPS graphs" on punctured Riemann surfaces associated with $A_{N-1}$ theories of class $\mathcal{S}$. BPS graphs provide a bridge between two powerful frameworks for studying the spectrum of BPS states: spectral networks and BPS…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-16 Maxime Gabella , Pietro Longhi , Chan Y. Park , Masahito Yamazaki

Any four-dimensional Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theory with eight supercharges can be associated to a monoidal category of BPS line defects. Any Coulomb vacuum of such a theory can be conjecturally associated to an ``algebra of BPS…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-03 Davide Gaiotto , Nikita Grygoryev , Wei Li

BPS spectrum with finite number of states are found for higher rank four dimensional N=2 theory engineered from six dimensional A_{N-1} (2,0) theory on a Riemann surface with various kinds of defects. The wall crossing formula is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-12-03 Dan Xie

We study the relation between the quantum integrable systems derived from the dimer graphs and five dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric gauge theories on $S^1 \times \mathbb{R}^4$. We construct integrable systems based on new dimer…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-10 Norton Lee

We study systematically the BPS spectra of N=2 SYM coupled to half--hypermultiplets, the basic example being E_7 SYM coupled to a half--hyper in the 56 irrepr. In order to do this, we determine the BPS quivers with superpotential of such…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 Sergio Cecotti , Michele Del Zotto