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We study 4d exceptional S-fold SCFTs obtained from the 6d $(2,0)$ theories of type $E_{6,7,8}$. We show that all but one of these theories are discrete gaugings of free theories because they do not admit a consistent charge lattice. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-22 Antonio Amariti , Simone Rota

We compute the elliptic genus of abelian 2d (0,2) gauge theories corresponding to brane brick models. These theories are worldvolume theories on a single D1-brane probing a toric Calabi-Yau 4-fold singularity. We identify a match with the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-14 Sebastian Franco , Dongwook Ghim , Sangmin Lee , Rak-Kyeong Seong

We describe general methods for determining higher-form symmetry groups of known 5d and 6d superconformal field theories (SCFTs), and 6d little string theories (LSTs). The 6d theories can be described as supersymmetric gauge theories in 6d…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-17 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

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

We construct new families of non-toric 5d SCFTs via abelian orbifolds of the Reid Pagoda, including a surprising infinite family of rank-1 theories, that evade all known classifications. Using the McKay correspondence, we derive their BPS…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-23 Andrés Collinucci , Fabrizio Del Monte , Mario De Marco , Marina Moleti , Roberto Valandro

The dynamics of a stack of M5 branes probing a transverse multi-centered Taub-NUT space are described by a class of 6d $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ superconformal field theories known as the M-string orbifold SCFTs. We determine the equivariant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-18 Daniele Ceppi , Guglielmo Lockhart

G\"{o}ttsche-Nakajima-Yoshioka K-theoretic blowup equations characterize the Nekrasov partition function of five dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric gauge theories compactified on a circle, which via geometric engineering correspond…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-12 Min-xin Huang , Kaiwen Sun , Xin Wang

This article aims to contribute to the study of algebras with triangular decomposition over a Hopf algebra, as well as the BGG Category O. We study functorial properties of O across various setups. The first setup is over a skew group ring,…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2015-02-02 Apoorva Khare

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 introduce new notions in elliptic Schubert calculus: the (twisted) Borisov-Libgober classes of Schubert varieties in general homogeneous spaces G/P. While these classes do not depend on any choice, they depend on a set of new variables.…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-08 Shrawan Kumar , Richárd Rimányi , Andrzej Weber

We formulate conjectural blowup formulas for Segre and Verlinde numbers on moduli spaces of sheaves on projective surfaces $S$ with $p_g(S)>0$ and $b_1(S)=0$. As applications we give a give a conjectural formula for the Donaldson invariants…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Lothar Göttsche

We explore 6d (1,0) superconformal field theories with SU(3) and SU(2) gauge symmetries which cascade after Higgsing to the E-string theory on a single M5 near an $E_8$ wall. Specifically, we study the 2d $\mathcal{N}=(0,4)$ gauge theories…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-13 Joonho Kim , Seok Kim , Kimyeong Lee

We propose a generalization of S-folds to 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ theories. This construction is motivated by the classification of rank one 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ super-conformal field theories (SCFTs), which we reproduce from D3-branes probing a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-07 Fabio Apruzzi , Simone Giacomelli , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

In this paper we begin mapping out the space of rank-2 $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) in four dimensions. This represents an ideal set of theories which can be potentially classified using purely quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-10 Mario Martone

We explore BPS strings in supergravity theories in six-dimensions and related Swampland Conjectures. We first propose a general modular ansatz for bootstrapping elliptic genera of 2d worldvolume theories on strings in the 6d theories. By…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-19 Hirotaka Hayashi , Hee-Cheol Kim , Minsung Kim

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

We discuss compactifications of rank $Q$ E-string theory on a torus with fluxes for abelian subgroups of the $E_8$ global symmetry of the $6d$ SCFT. We argue that the theories corresponding to such tori are built from a simple model we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-29 Sara Pasquetti , Shlomo S. Razamat , Matteo Sacchi , Gabi Zafrir

We investigate blowup formulae in Donaldson-Witten theory with gauge group SU(N), using the theory of hyperelliptic Kleinian functions. We find that the blowup function is a hyperelliptic sigma-function and we describe an explicit procedure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Jose D. Edelstein , Marta Gomez-Reino , Marcos Marino

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 show that the non-gravitational sectors of certain 6d and 5d supergravity theories can be decomposed into superconformal field theories (SCFTs) which are coupled together by pairwise identifying and gauging mutual global symmetries. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-02 Hirotaka Hayashi , Patrick Jefferson , Hee-Cheol Kim , Kantaro Ohmori , Cumrun Vafa