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We provide a string theory embedding for N = 1 superconformal field theories defined by bipartite graphs inscribed on a disk. We realize these theories by exploiting the close connection with related N = 2 generalized (A_(k-1), A_(n-1))…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-31 Jonathan J. Heckman , Cumrun Vafa , Dan Xie , Masahito Yamazaki

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…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-24 Matthew Buican , Hongliang Jiang , Takahiro Nishinaka

We propose a general strategy to build three-dimensional gauge theories with four supercharges which enjoy a supersymmetry enhancement in the IR. The resulting IR SCFTs admit topological twists with particularly nice properties, as well as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-01 Davide Gaiotto , Heeyeon Kim

We study 6d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) compactified on a circle with arbitrary twists. The theories obtained after compactification, often referred to as 5d Kaluza-Klein (KK) theories, can be viewed as starting points for RG…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Patrick Jefferson , Hee-Cheol Kim , Houri-Christina Tarazi , Cumrun Vafa

We introduce a new class of non-compact backgrounds of Type IIB string theory preserving eight supercharges by combining S-folds and non-perturbative 7-branes wrapping orbifolds, and study the four-dimensional superconformal field theories…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-13 Simone Giacomelli , Raffaele Savelli , Gianluca Zoccarato

We construct supersymmetric AdS$_4\times\Sigma$ solutions of $D=6$ gauged supergravity, where $\Sigma$ is a two-dimensional orbifold known as a spindle. These uplift to solutions of massive type IIA supergravity using a general…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-09 Federico Faedo , Dario Martelli

We propose a new partially topological theory in three dimensions which couples Chern-Simons theory to matter. The 3-manifolds needed for this construction admit transverse holomorphic foliation (THF). The theory depends only on the choice…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-29 Mina Aganagic , Kevin Costello , Jacob McNamara , Cumrun Vafa

One of the main challenges in 3d-3d correspondence is that no existent approach offers a complete description of 3d $N=2$ SCFT $T[M_3]$ --- or, rather, a "collection of SCFTs" as we refer to it in the paper --- for all types of 3-manifolds…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-09-29 Sungbong Chun , Sergei Gukov , Sunghyuk Park , Nikita Sopenko

We consider M-theory on (T^2\times R^2)/Z_n with M5 branes wrapped on R^2. One can probe this background with M5 branes wrapped on T^2. The theories on the probes provide many new examples of N=2 field theories without Lagrangian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-02-23 Sergei Gukov , Anton Kapustin

We investigate solutions of type II supergravity which have the product R^4 x M^6 structure with non-compact M^6 factor and which preserve at least four supersymmetries. In particular, we consider various conifolds and the N=1…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-17 G. Papadopoulos , A. A. Tseytlin

Six-dimensional superconformal field theories (SCFTs) have an atomic classification in terms of elementary building blocks, conformal systems that generalize matter and can be fused together to form all known 6d SCFTs in terms of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-10 Mario De Marco , Michele Del Zotto , Michele Graffeo , Andrea Sangiovanni

Employing the method applied to construct $AdS_5$ solutions from M5-branes recently by Bah, Bonetti, Minasian and Nardoni, we construct supersymmetric $AdS_3$ solutions from D3-branes and M5-branes wrapped on a disc with non-trivial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-23 Minwoo Suh

Six-dimensional superconformal field theories (6D SCFTs) occupy a central place in the study of quantum field theories encountered in high energy theory. This article reviews the top down construction and study of this rich class of quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-09 Jonathan J. Heckman , Tom Rudelius

We describe a simple method for generating new string solutions for which the brane worldvolume is a curved space. As a starting point we use solutions with NS-NS charges combined with 2-d CFT's representing different parts of space-time.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-17 G. Papadopoulos , J. Russo , A. A. Tseytlin

Any N=2 superconformal field theory (SCFT) in four dimensions has a sector of operators related to a two-dimensional chiral algebra containing a Virasoro sub-algebra. Moreover, there are well-known examples of isolated SCFTs whose chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-23 Matthew Buican , Takahiro Nishinaka

We consider a 2-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) obtained from twisted compactification of the 4-dimensional N=4 super Yang-Mills theory on a Riemann surface with boundary. We find the boundary conditions to preserve some of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-25 Koichi Nagasaki , Satoshi Yamaguchi

We holographically study supersymmetric deformations of $N=3$ and $N=1$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) in three dimensions using four-dimensional $N=4$ gauged supergravity coupled to three-vector multiplets with non-semisimple…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-03-03 Parinya Karndumri

Supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric deformations of large $N=(4,4)$ SCFT with superconformal symmetry $D^1(2,1;\alpha)\times D^1(2,1;\alpha)$ are explored in the gravity dual described by a Chern-Simons $N=8$, $(SO(4)\times SO(4))\ltimes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-05-22 Parinya Karndumri

We analyse the backreacted geometry corresponding to a stack of M5-branes wrapped on a spindle, with a view towards precision tests of the dual $\mathcal{N} = 1$ superconformal field theory. We carefully study the singular loci of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-15 Pieter Bomans , Christopher Couzens

Type IIB AdS$_6$ solutions with orientifold 7-planes are constructed. The geometry is a warped product of AdS$_6$ and S$^2$ over a Riemann surface $\Sigma$ and the O7-planes correspond to a particular type of puncture on $\Sigma$. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Christoph F. Uhlemann