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Turning on N=2 supersymmetry-preserving relevant operators in a 4-dimensional N=2 superconformal field theory (SCFT) corresponds to a complex deformation compatible with the rigid special Kahler geometry encoded in the low energy effective…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-07-29 Philip C. Argyres , John Wittig

We classify four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric gauge theories with a simple gauge group admitting a large $N$ limit that flow to non-trivial superconformal fixed points in the infrared. We focus on the cases where the large $N$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-23 Minseok Cho , Ki-Hong Lee , Jaewon Song

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 provide a new extension to the geometric construction of 6d $(1,0)$ SCFTs that encapsulates Higgs branch structures with identical global symmetry but different spectra. In particular, we find that there exist distinct 6d $(1,0)$ SCFTs…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-29 Jacques Distler , Monica Jinwoo Kang , Craig Lawrie

We study global symmetry groups of six-dimensional superconformal field theories (SCFTs). In the Coulomb branch we use field theoretical arguments to predict an upper bound for the global symmetry of the SCFT. We then analyze global…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-26 Marco Bertolini , Peter R. Merkx , David R. Morrison

A large family of 4d N=2 SCFT's was introduced in arXiv:1210.2886. Its elements $D_p(G)$ are labelled by a positive integer p\in N and a simply-laced Lie group G; their flavor symmetry is at least G. In the present paper we study their…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Sergio Cecotti , Michele Del Zotto , Simone Giacomelli

This is the second of a series of papers outlining an approach to the classification of $\mathcal{N}{=}2$ superconformal field theories at rank 2 via a systematic analysis of their Coulomb branches, mathematically described by special…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-28 Philip C. Argyres , Mario Martone

Even though for generic $\mathcal{N}=1$ theories it is not possible to separate distinct branches of supersymmetric vacua, in this paper we study a special class of $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFTs, these of Class $\mathcal{S}_k$ for which it is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-17 Thomas Bourton , Alessandro Pini , Elli Pomoni

We consider the dimensional reduction on a torus of the family of 6d $(1,0)$ SCFTs UV completing an $so(N)$ gauge theory with $N-8$ vector hypermultiplets. These SCFTs are known to possess a rich structure of discrete symmetries, notably…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-04 Gabi Zafrir

The $S$-duality group $\mathbb{S}(\mathcal{F})$ of a 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric theory $\mathcal{F}$ is identified with the group of triangle auto-equivalences of its cluster category $\mathscr{C}(\mathcal{F})$ modulo the subgroup…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-26 Matteo Caorsi , Sergio Cecotti

We study the stratification of the singular locus of four dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ Coulomb branches. We present a set of self-consistency conditions on this stratification which can be used to extend the classification of scale-invariant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-30 Philip C. Argyres , Mario Martone

We characterize the global symmetries for the conjecturally complete collection of six dimensional superconformal field theories (6D SCFTs) which are realizable in F-theory and have no frozen singularities. We provide comprehensive checks…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-03 Peter R. Merkx

The strongly interacting 4d N=2 SCFT's of type $(A_n,A_m)$ are the simplest examples of models in the $(G,G^\prime)$ class introduced by Cecotti, Neitzke, and Vafa in arXiv:1006.3435. These systems have a known 3d N=4 mirror only if…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Michele Del Zotto , Amihay Hanany

Five- and four-dimensional superconformal field theories with eight supercharges arise from canonical threefold singularities in M-theory and Type IIB string theory, respectively. We study their Coulomb and Higgs branches using crepant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-02 Cyril Closset , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Yi-Nan Wang

Compactification of M-theory and of IIB string theory on threefold canonical singularities gives rise to superconformal field theories (SCFTs) in 5d and 4d, respectively. The resolutions and deformations of the singularities encode salient…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-22 Cyril Closset , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Yi-Nan Wang

We study supersymmetric $AdS_3\times M^4$ solutions of $N=2$ gauged supergravity in seven dimensions coupled to three vector multiplets with $SO(4)\sim SO(3)\times SO(3)$ gauge group and $M^4$ being a four-manifold with constant curvature.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-08-27 Parinya Karndumri , Patharadanai Nuchino

We compute the spectrum of scaling dimensions of Coulomb branch operators in 4d rank-2 $\mathcal{N}{=}2$ superconformal field theories. Only a finite rational set of scaling dimensions is allowed. It is determined by using information about…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-13 Philip C. Argyres , Cody Long , Mario Martone

In [2], an exhaustive construction is achieved for the class of all 4-dimensional unital division algebras over finite fields of odd order, whose left nucleus is not minimal and whose automorphism group contains Klein's four-group. We…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2019-08-20 Ernst Dieterich

The study of Coulomb branches of 3-dimensional N=4 gauge theories via the associated Hilbert series, the so-called monopole formula, has been proven useful not only for 3-dimensional theories, but also for Higgs branches of 5 and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-28 Amihay Hanany , Marcus Sperling

We study a rich set of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) with both central charges identical: $a = c$. We construct them via the diagonal $\mathcal{N}=1$ gauging of the flavor symmetry $G$ of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-28 Monica Jinwoo Kang , Craig Lawrie , Ki-Hong Lee , Jaewon Song