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Within a holographic framework we construct supersymmetric Q-lattice (`Susy Q') solutions that describe RG flows driven by supersymmetric and spatially modulated deformations of the dual CFTs. We focus on a specific $D=4$ supergravity model…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-14 Jerome P. Gauntlett , Christopher Rosen

We consider 4d field theories obtained by reducing the 6d (1,0) SCFT of $N$ M5-branes probing a $\mathbb C^2/\mathbb Z_k$ singularity on a Riemann surface with fluxes. We follow two different routes. On the one hand, we consider the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-10-19 Ibrahima Bah , Federico Bonetti , Enoch Leung , Peter Weck

We study generic matter coupled to a $D$-dimensional supergravity using a formulation of Double Field Theory (DFT), where all the fields are encoded in O$(D,D)$ multiplets. We study both the case when the matter comes from a variational…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-07 Eric Lescano , Nahuel Mirón-Granese , Yuho Sakatani

We conjecture closed-form expressions for the Macdonald limits of the superconformal indices of the (A_1, A_{2n-3}) and (A_1, D_{2n}) Argyres-Douglas (AD) theories in terms of certain simple deformations of Macdonald polynomials. As checks…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 Matthew Buican , Takahiro Nishinaka

A large set of relevant deformations of the ABJM field theory on a stack of M2 branes is captured holographically by D=4 N=8 SO(8)-gauged supergravity, which has accordingly been applied to study renormalisation group (RG) flows of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-11-02 Javier Tarrio , Oscar Varela

We apply exceptional generalised geometry to the study of exactly marginal deformations of $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFTs that are dual to generic AdS$_5$ flux backgrounds in type IIB or eleven-dimensional supergravity. In the gauge theory, marginal…

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By analyzing SU(3)xU(1) invariant stationary point, studied earlier by Nicolai and Warner, of gauged N=8 supergravity, we find that the deformation of S^7 gives rise to nontrivial renormalization group flow in a three-dimensional boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Changhyun Ahn , Jinsub Paeng

Maximal supergravities in ten and eleven dimensions admit consistent truncations on particular spheres to maximal supergravities in lower dimensions. Concurrently, the truncation to singlets under any subgroup of the sphere isometry group…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-19 Bastien Duboeuf , Michele Galli , Emanuel Malek , Henning Samtleben

We investigate an exactly marginal N=1 supersymmetric deformation of SU(N) N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory discovered by Leigh and Strassler. We use a matrix model to compute the exact superpotential for a further massive deformation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Nick Dorey , Timothy J. Hollowood , S. Prem Kumar

We study $D=11$ supergravity solutions which are dual to one-dimensional superconformal defects in $d=3$ SCFTs. We consider defects in ABJM theory with monodromy for $U(1)^4\subset SO(8)$ global symmetry, as well as in $\mathcal{N}=2$ mABJM…

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High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Marco Billo , Marialuisa Frau , Laurent Gallot , Alberto Lerda , Igor Pesando

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We study $N = 2$ 3-d theories with two adjoints and fundamental flavors along with D-type superpotential. For superpotential $W_{D_{n+2}} = \mathrm{Tr} \left(X^{n+1}+X Y^2\right)$ with $n$ odd, we propose the 3d dualities, which we motivate…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-12-05 Chiung Hwang , Hyungchul Kim , Jaemo Park

We study the symmetries of the N=1 exactly marginal deformations of N=4 Super Yang-Mills theory. For generic values of the parameters, these deformations are known to break the SU(3) part of the R-symmetry group down to a discrete subgroup.…

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We hypothesize a new and more complete set of anomalies of certain quantum field theories (QFTs) and then give an eclectic verification. First, we propose a set of 't Hooft higher anomalies of 4d time-reversal symmetric pure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-10 Zheyan Wan , Juven Wang , Yunqin Zheng

A solution to the infinite coupling problem for N=2 conformal supersymmetric gauge theories in four dimensions is presented. The infinitely-coupled theories are argued to be interacting superconformal field theories (SCFTs) with weakly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-15 Philip C. Argyres , Nathan Seiberg

We explore the $\mathbb{Z}_{2,3,4,6}$ S-foldings of some 5d superconformal field theories from the $(p,q)$ 5-brane web perspective. The S-folding involves both a spatial quotient and an $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})$ transformation on 5-branes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-02 Hee-Cheol Kim , Sung-Soo Kim , Kimyeong Lee

The truncation formulae of $D=11$ supergravity on $S^7$ to $D=4$ ${\cal N} =8$ SO(8)-gauged supergravity are completed to include the full non-linear dependence of the $D=11$ three-form potential $\hat A_{(3)}$ on the $D=4$ fields, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-02-21 Oscar Varela

Long ago, Argyres and Douglas discovered a particularly simple interacting 4D $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theory (SCFT) on the Coulomb branch of $SU(3)$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ super Yang-Mills. Further hints of the theory's simplicity…

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