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We extend SO(4,2) covariant lightcone embedding methods of four-dimensional CFTs to N=1 superconformal field theory (SCFT). Manifest superconformal SU(2,2|1) invariance is achieved by realizing 4D superconformal space as a surface embedded…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 Walter D. Goldberger , Witold Skiba , Minho Son

A local SL(2,Z) transformation on the Type IIB brane configuration gives rise to an interesting class of superconformal field theories, known as the S-fold CFTs. Previously it has been proposed that the corresponding quiver theory has a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 Ivan Garozzo , Gabriele Lo Monaco , Noppadol Mekareeya

We discuss aspects of theories with superpotentials given by Arnold's $A,D,E$ singularities, particularly the novelties that arise when the fields are matrices. We focus on 4d ${\cal N}=1$ variants of susy QCD, with $U(N_c)$ or $SU(N_c)$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-10-12 Kenneth Intriligator , Emily Nardoni

We discuss reductions of general N=1 four dimensional gauge theories on S^2. The effective two dimensional theory one obtains depends on the details of the coupling of the theory to background fields, which can be translated to a choice of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-21 Abhijit Gadde , Shlomo S. Razamat , Brian Willett

We conjecture a closed-form expression for the Schur limit of the superconformal index of two infinite series of Argyres-Douglas (AD) superconformal field theories (SCFTs): the (A_1,A_{2n-3}) and the (A_1,D_{2n}) theories. While these SCFTs…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-20 Matthew Buican , Takahiro Nishinaka

Extending recent work of Kachru and Silverstein, we consider ``orbifolds'' of 4-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ SU(n) super-Yang-Mills theories with respect to discrete subgroups of the SU(4) $R$-symmetry which act nontrivially on the gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-07 A. Lawrence , N. Nekrasov , C. Vafa

We show that there is a family of two-dimensional $(0,2)$ SCFTs associated with twisted compactifications of the four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ Leigh-Strassler fixed point on a closed hyperbolic Riemann surface. We calculate the central…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Nikolay Bobev , Krzysztof Pilch , Orestis Vasilakis

We propose a dictionary between geometry of triangulated 3-manifolds and physics of three-dimensional N=2 gauge theories. Under this duality, standard operations on triangulated 3-manifolds and various invariants thereof (classical as well…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-23 Tudor Dimofte , Davide Gaiotto , Sergei Gukov

We describe a class of six-dimensional conformal field theories that have some properties in common with and possibly are related to a subsector of the tensionless string theories. The latter theories can for example give rise to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Mans Henningson

In this paper we study dualities for $\mathcal{N}=2$ gauge theories in three dimensions with matter in the fundamental and adjoint representation. The duality we propose, analogous to mirror symmetry, is obtained starting from…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 Simone Giacomelli

In this paper we present a beautifully consistent web of evidence for the existence of interacting 4d rank-1 $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs obtained from gauging discrete subgroups of global symmetries of other existing 4d rank-1 $\mathcal{N}=2$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-07 Philip C. Argyres , Mario Martone

Motivated by the connection between 4-manifolds and 2d N=(0,2) theories, we study the dynamics of a fairly large class of 2d N=(0,2) gauge theories. We see that physics of such theories is very rich, much as the physics of 4d N=1 theories.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 Abhijit Gadde , Sergei Gukov , Pavel Putrov

The free (4,0) superconformal theory in 6 dimensions and its toroidal dimensional reductions are studied. The reduction to four dimensions on a 2-torus has an $SL(2,\Z)$ duality symmetry that acts non-trivially on the linearised gravity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 C. M. Hull

We construct a large class of gauge theories with extended supersymmetry on four-dimensional manifolds with a Killing vector field and isolated fixed points. We extend previous results limited to super Yang-Mills theory to general…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Guido Festuccia , Anastasios Gorantis , Antonio Pittelli , Konstantina Polydorou , Lorenzo Ruggeri

We describe topological gauge theories for which duality properties are encoded by construction. We study them for compact manifolds of dimensions four, eight and two. The fields and their duals are treated symmetrically, within the context…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 L Baulieu , S. L. Shatashvili

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

S-folds are generalizations of orientifolds in type IIB string theory, such that the geometric identifications are accompanied by non-trivial S-duality transformations. They were recently used by Garcia-Etxebarria and Regalado to provide…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-04 Ofer Aharony , Yuji Tachikawa , Kiyonori Gomi

We use holography and four-dimensional $\,\mathcal{N}=4\,$ gauged supergravity to collect evidence for a large class of interconnected three-dimensional $\,\mathcal{N}=2\,$ conformal field theories. On the gravity side, we construct a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-12 Miguel Chamorro-Burgos , Adolfo Guarino , Colin Sterckx

Maximally supersymmetric gauge theories have experienced renewed interest due to the AdS/CFT correspondence and its conjectured S-duality. These gauge theories possess a large amount of symmetry and have quasi-integrable properties. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Gordon Chalmers

We propose and study a specific gauge theory dual of the smooth, non-supersymmetric (and apparently stable) Janus solution of Type IIB supergravity found in hep-th/0304129. The dual field theory is N=4 SYM theory on two half-spaces…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-08 A. B. Clark , D. Z. Freedman , A. Karch , M. Schnabl