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We analyse the Higgs branch of 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ SQCD gauge theories with non-connected gauge groups $\widetilde{\mathrm{SU}}(N) = \mathrm{SU}(N) \rtimes_{I,II} \mathbb{Z}_2$ whose study was initiated in arXiv:1804.01108. We derive the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-11 Guillermo Arias-Tamargo , Antoine Bourget , Alessandro Pini

We study generalized gauge theories engineered by taking the low energy limit of the $Dp$ branes wrapping $X \times T^{p-3}$, with $X$ a possibly singular surface in a Calabi-Yau fourfold $Z$. For toric $Z$ and $X$ the partition function…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 Nikita Nekrasov

We define the slant sum of quiver gauge theories, a gluing on the underlying quivers that identifies a gauge vertex with a framing vertex. Under some mild assumptions, we relate torus fixed points on the corresponding Higgs branches, which…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Hunter Dinkins , Vasily Krylov , Reese Lance

In this paper, we present an explicit construction of twisted traces for quantum Coulomb branches of conical theories. We develop an operator representation of the Coulomb branch algebra and use it to derive integral formulas for the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-24 Keke Zhang

This paper addresses a long standing problem - to identify the chiral ring and moduli space (i.e. as an algebraic variety) on the Coulomb branch of an N = 4 superconformal field theory in 2+1 dimensions. Previous techniques involved a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-01-14 Stefano Cremonesi , Amihay Hanany , Alberto Zaffaroni

The technique of orthosymplectic quotient quiver subtraction is introduced. This involves subtraction of an orthosymplectic quotient quiver from a $3d\;\mathcal N=4$ orthosymplectic quiver gauge theory which has the effect of gauging…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-13 Sam Bennett , Amihay Hanany , Guhesh Kumaran

We use brane techniques to study the space of vacua of abelian 3d $\mathcal{N}=3$ gauge theories. The coordinates on these spaces are the vevs of chiral monopole and meson operators, which are realized in the type IIB brane configuration of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-13 Benjamin Assel

We show that the algebra $D_\hbar(SL_n/U)$ of differential operators on the base affine space of $SL_n$ is the quantized Coulomb branch of a certain 3d $\mathcal{N} = 4$ quiver gauge theory. In the semiclassical limit this proves a…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Tom Gannon , Harold Williams

We continue our study of noncommutative resolutions of Coulomb branches in the case of quiver gauge theories. These include the Slodowy slices in type A and symmetric powers in $\mathbb{C}^2$ as special cases. These resolutions are based on…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-05 Ben Webster

We initiate a systematic study of 2d (0,2) quiver gauge theories on the worldvolume of D1-branes probing singular toric Calabi-Yau 4-folds. We present an algorithm for efficiently calculating the classical mesonic moduli spaces of these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-16 Sebastian Franco , Dongwook Ghim , Sangmin Lee , Rak-Kyeong Seong , Daisuke Yokoyama

We develop a classification of \emph{minimally unbalanced} $3d~\mathcal{N}=4$ quiver gauge theories. These gauge theories are important because the isometry group $G$ of their Coulomb branch contains a single factor, which is either a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-27 Santiago Cabrera , Amihay Hanany , Anton Zajac

We elaborate on quantum moduli spaces in 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ $SU(N)_k$ Chern-Simons gauge theories with $F$ fundamental and $\bar{F}$ anti-fundamental matter fields. The quantum flat direction on the Coulomb branch differs so much from the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-12 Keita Nii

We develop the diagrammatic technique of quiver subtraction to facilitate the identification and evaluation of the $\mathrm{SU}(n)$ hyper-K\"ahler quotient (HKQ) of the Coulomb branch of a $3d$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ unitary quiver theory. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-18 Amihay Hanany , Rudolph Kalveks , Guhesh Kumaran

To a quiver with involution, we study the Coulomb branch of the 3d $\mathcal{N} = 4$ involution-fixed part of the quiver gauge theory. We show that there is an algebra homomorphism from the corresponding shifted twisted Yangian to the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Yaolong Shen , Changjian Su , Rui Xiong

We propose a construction of the Coulomb branch of a $3d\ {\mathcal N}=4$ gauge theory corresponding to a choice of a connected reductive group $G$ and a symplectic finite-dimensional reprsentation $\mathbf M$ of $G$, satisfying certain…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-24 Alexander Braverman , Gurbir Dhillon , Michael Finkelberg , Sam Raskin , Roman Travkin

We study macroscopically two dimensional $\mathcal{N}=(2,2)$ supersymmetric gauge theories constructed by compactifying the quiver gauge theories with eight supercharges on a product $\mathbb{T}^{d} \times \mathbb{R}^{2}_{\epsilon}$ of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-12-25 Nikita Nekrasov , Vasily Pestun , Samson Shatashvili

We study three-dimensional N=4 gauge theories with product gauge groups constructed from ADE Dynkin diagrams. One-loop corrections to the metric on the Coulomb branch are shown to coincide with the metric on the moduli space of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 David Tong

In this paper, we show that the Poisson algebras of cohomological and $K$-theoretic Coulomb branches of 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ necklace quiver gauge theories provide Poisson structures and Hamiltonians that reproduce the equations of motion of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-10 Gleb Arutyunov , Lukas Hardi

This paper classifies all Higgs branch Higgsing patterns for simply-laced unitary quiver gauge theories with eight supercharges (including multiple loops) and introduces a Higgs branch subtraction algorithm. All possible minimal transitions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-25 Sam Bennett , Amihay Hanany , Guhesh Kumaran , Chunhao Li , Deshuo Liu , Marcus Sperling

We study abelian gauge theories with anisotropic couplings in $4+D$ dimensions. A layered phase is present, in the absence as well as in the presence of fermions. A line of second order transitions separates the layered from the Coulomb…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 A. Hulsebos , C. P. Korthals-Altes , S. Nicolis