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We find a large class of two-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=(0,2)$ SCFTs obtained by compactifying four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ quiver gauge theories on a Riemann surface. We study these theories using anomalies and $c$-extremization. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-07 Francesco Benini , Nikolay Bobev , P. Marcos Crichigno

Six-dimensional superconformal field theories (SCFTs) give rise to four-dimensional (4d) ones when compactified on Riemann surfaces. In the $\mathcal{N}=(2,0)$ case, this yields the famous class S family. For $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ theories…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-22 Fabio Apruzzi , Noppadol Mekareeya , Brandon Robinson , Alessandro Tomasiello

We continue our studies of the correspondence between 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs and 2d W-algebras. The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between 2d lisse W-algebras and their 4d SCFT partners. The lisse W-algebra is the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-10 Dan Xie , Wenbin Yan

Argyres and co-workers started a program to classify all 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ QFT by classifying Special Geometries with appropriate properties. They completed the program in rank-1. Rank-1 $\mathcal{N}=2$ QFT are equivalently classified by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-23 Matteo Caorsi , Sergio Cecotti

We propose a number of apparently equivalent criteria necessary for the consistency of a 5d SCFT in its Coulomb phase and use these criteria to classify 5d SCFTs arising from a gauge theory with simple gauge group. These criteria include…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-17 Patrick Jefferson , Hee-Cheol Kim , Cumrun Vafa , Gabi Zafrir

We classify three fold isolated quotient Gorenstein singularity $C^3/G$. These singularities are rigid, i.e. there is no non-trivial deformation, and we conjecture that they define 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs which do not have a Coulomb…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-12-05 Bingyi Chen , Dan Xie , Stephen S. -T. Yau , Shing-Tung Yau , Huaiqing Zuo

We propose that a certain $4d$ $\mathcal{N}=1$ $SU(2)\times SU(2)$ gauge theory flows in the IR to an $\mathcal{N}=3$ SCFT plus a single free chiral field. The specific $\mathcal{N}=3$ SCFT has rank $1$ and a dimension three Coulomb branch…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 Gabi Zafrir

A classification of soft SUSY breaking deformation of general four dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFT is provided. Given the large class of newly discovered $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs and their known properties such as the central charges and full…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-02 Dan Xie

We study a class of two-dimensional ${\cal N}=(0, 4)$ quiver gauge theories that flow to superconformal field theories. We find dualities for the superconformal field theories similar to the 4d ${\cal N}=2$ theories of class ${\cal S}$,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-05-04 Pavel Putrov , Jaewon Song , Wenbin Yan

By leveraging the physics of the Higgs branch, we argue that the conformal central charges $a$ and $c$ of an arbitrary 4d $N=2$ superconformal field theory (SCFT) are rational numbers. Our proof of the rationality of $c$ is conditioned on a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-15 Leonardo Rastelli , Brandon C. Rayhaun

We derive the algebraic description of the Coulomb branch of 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ $USp(2N)$ SQCD theories with $N_f$ fundamental hypermultiplets and determine their low energy physics in any vacuum from the local geometry of the moduli space,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-15 Benjamin Assel , Stefano Cremonesi

Exploiting the symmetry topological field theory/topological order correspondence (SymTFT/TO), together with the higher-categorical structure of 6D N =(2,0) SCFTs, we prove that the total quantum dimension of the relative gaugeable algebra…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-29 Veronica Pasquarella

We consider the embedding method of the superconformal group in four dimensions in the case of extended supersymmetry, hence generalizing the recent work of Goldberger, Skiba and Son which was restricted at N=1. Moreover, we work out…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-07-11 M. Maio

We propose a construction of the quantum-corrected Coulomb branch of a general 3d gauge theory with $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetry, in terms of local coordinates associated with an abelianized theory. In a fixed complex structure, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-24 Mathew Bullimore , Tudor Dimofte , Davide Gaiotto

We study the compactification of 5d SCFTs to 4d on a circle with a twist in a discrete global symmetry element of these SCFTs. We present evidence that this leads to various 4d N=2 isolated SCFTs. These include many known theories as well…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-25 Gabi Zafrir

One can derive a large class of new $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFTs by turning on $\mathcal{N}=1$ preserving deformations for $\mathcal{N}=2$ Argyres-Dougals theories. In this work, we use $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal indices to get indices of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-27 Dan Xie , Wenbin Yan

The classification of one parameter local Coulomb branch solution of theories with eight supercharges is given by assuming that it is given by a genus $g$ fiberation of Riemann surfaces. The crucial point is the fact that certain conjugacy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-27 Dan Xie

We study (1,0) and (2,0) 6D superconformal field theories (SCFTs) that can be constructed in F-theory. Quite surprisingly, all of them involve an orbifold singularity C^2 / G with G a discrete subgroup of U(2). When G is a subgroup of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 Jonathan J. Heckman , David R. Morrison , Cumrun Vafa

We consider compactifications of very Higgsable 6d $N =(1,0)$ SCFTs on $T^2$ with non-trivial Stiefel-Whitney classes (or equivalently 't Hooft magnetic fluxes) introduced for their flavor symmetry groups. These systems can also be studied…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 Kantaro Ohmori , Yuji Tachikawa , Gabi Zafrir

The chiral algebra of a 4D $N\geq2$ superconformal field theory is a vertex operator algebra generated by the Schur subsector of the 4D theory and its rigid (yet rich) structure has been useful in constraining and classifying 4D N=2 SCFTs.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-06-05 Wei Li