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In this paper, we explore the zoo of 5d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) constructed from M-theory on Isolated Complete Intersection Singularities (ICIS). We systematically investigate the crepant resolution of such singularities, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-29 Jisheng Mu , Yi-Nan Wang , Hao N. Zhang

Little string theories (LSTs) are UV complete non-local 6D theories decoupled from gravity in which there is an intrinsic string scale. In this paper we present a systematic approach to the construction of supersymmetric LSTs via the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-03 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Michele Del Zotto , Jonathan J. Heckman , David R. Morrison , Tom Rudelius , Cumrun Vafa

We consider compactifications of $6d$ minimal $(D_{N+3},D_{N+3})$ type conformal matter SCFTs on a generic Riemann surface. We derive the theories corresponding to three punctured spheres (trinions) with three maximal punctures, from which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-26 Shlomo S. Razamat , Evyatar Sabag

We propose Swampland constraints on consistent 5-dimensional ${\cal N}=1$ supergravity theories. We focus on a special class of BPS magnetic monopole strings which arise in gravitational theories. The central charges and the levels of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Sheldon Katz , Hee-Cheol Kim , Houri-Christina Tarazi , Cumrun Vafa

5d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) can be obtained from 6d SCFTs by circle compactification and mass deformation. Successive decoupling of hypermultiplet matter and RG-flow generates a decoupling tree of descendant 5d SCFTs. In this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-14 Marieke van Beest , Antoine Bourget , Julius Eckhard , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

Many interesting phenomena in quantum field theory such as dualities and symmetry enhancements can be understood using higher dimensional constructions. In this paper, we study compactifications of the rank $1$ $5d$ Seiberg $E_{N_f+1}$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-05 Matteo Sacchi , Orr Sela , Gabi Zafrir

The ALE partition functions of a 6d (1,0) SCFT are interesting observables which are able to detect the global structure of the SCFT. They are defined to be the equivariant partition functions of the SCFT on a background with the topology…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-16 Michele Del Zotto , Guglielmo Lockhart

We study the $3d$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ theories resulting from the compactification of a family of $5d$ SCFTs on a torus with flux in the global symmetry. The family of $5d$ SCFTs used in the analysis is the one that UV completes the $5d$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-13 Matteo Sacchi , Orr Sela , Gabi Zafrir

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

We present a unifying theme relating BPS partition functions and superconformal indices. In the case with complex SUSY central charges (as in N=2 in d=4 and N=(2,2) in d=2) the known results can be reinterpreted as the statement that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-22 Amer Iqbal , Cumrun Vafa

SCFTs in six dimensions are interrelated by networks of RG flows. Compactifying such models on a Riemann surface with flux for the $6d$ global symmetry, one can obtain a wide variety of theories in four dimensions. These four dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-29 Shlomo S. Razamat , Evyatar Sabag , Gabi Zafrir

We study six dimensional supergravity theories with superconformal sectors (SCFTs). Instances of such theories can be engineered using type IIB strings, or more generally F-Theory, which translates field theoretic constraints to geometry.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-01-03 Andreas P. Braun , Magdalena Larfors , Paul-Konstantin Oehlmann

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 initiate the systematic investigation of non-flat resolutions of non-minimal singularities in elliptically fibered Calabi--Yau threefolds. Compactification of M-theory on these geometries provides an alternative approach to studying…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-26 Fabio Apruzzi , Ling Lin , Christoph Mayrhofer

We consider the circle and torus compactification of a certain subclass of 6d $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ SCFTs which are Higgsable to the higher rank E-string theories. Using the T-duality between Type I' and Type IIB, we found that the $S^1$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 Kantaro Ohmori , Hiroyuki Shimizu

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

F-theory compactifications on appropriate local elliptic Calabi-Yau manifolds engineer six dimensional superconformal field theories and their mass deformations. The partition function $Z_{top}$ of the refined topological string on these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-02-14 Jie Gu , Min-xin Huang , Amir-Kian Kashani-Poor , Albrecht Klemm

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

In this work, we study compactifications of 6d $(1,0)$ SCFTs, in particular those of conformal matter type, on K\"ahler 4-manifolds. We show how this can be realized via wrapping M5 branes on 4-cycles of non-compact Calabi-Yau fourfolds…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-10 Jin Chen , Zhuo Chen , Wei Cui , Babak Haghighat

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