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We formulate geometric conditions necessary for engineering 5d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) via M-theory compactification on a local Calabi-Yau 3-fold. Extending the classification of the rank 1 cases, which are realized…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-05 Patrick Jefferson , Sheldon Katz , Hee-Cheol Kim , Cumrun Vafa

We introduce a large class of conformally-covariant differential operators and a crossing equation that they obey. Together, these tools dramatically simplify calculations involving operators with spin in conformal field theories. As an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-18 Denis Karateev , Petr Kravchuk , David Simmons-Duffin

We propose a graph-theoretic description to determine and characterize 5d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) that arise as circle reductions of 6d $\mathcal{N} = (1,0)$ SCFTs. Each 5d SCFT is captured by a graph, called a Combined Fiber…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 Fabio Apruzzi , Craig Lawrie , Ling Lin , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Yi-Nan Wang

The modern approach to $m$-form global symmetries in a $d$-dimensional quantum field theory (QFT) entails specifying dimension $d-m-1$ topological generalized symmetry operators which non-trivially link with $m$-dimensional defect…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-09 Jonathan J. Heckman , Max Hübner , Ethan Torres , Hao Y. Zhang

We study generalized global symmetries and their 't Hooft anomalies in 3d N=4 superconformal field theories (SCFTs). Following some general considerations, we focus on good quiver gauge theories, comprised of balanced unitary nodes and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-20 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Mathew Bullimore , Andrea E. V. Ferrari , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

We study compactifications on Riemann surfaces with punctures of N=(1,0) 6d SCFTs with a one dimensional tensor branch and no continuous global symmetries. The effective description of such models on the tensor branch is in terms of pure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-19 Shlomo S. Razamat , Gabi Zafrir

We determine 5d $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFTs originating from 6d $(E_n,E_m)$ conformal matter theories with $n\neq m$ by circle reduction and mass deformations. The marginal geometries are constructed and we derive their combined fiber diagrams…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-30 Max Hubner

We study the space of 3d ${\cal N} = 6$ SCFTs by combining numerical bootstrap techniques with exact results derived using supersymmetric localization. First we derive the superconformal block decomposition of the four-point function of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-26 Damon J. Binder , Shai M. Chester , Max Jerdee , Silviu S. Pufu

We study the spectrum of BPS particles on the Coulomb branch of five-dimensional superconformal field theories (5d SCFTs) compactified on a circle. By engineering these theories in M-theory on ${\mathbf X} \times S^1 $, for ${\mathbf X}$ an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-03-03 Cyril Closset , Michele Del Zotto

We use the F-theory realization of 6D superconformal field theories (SCFTs) to study the corresponding spectrum of stringlike, i.e. surface defects. On the tensor branch, all of the stringlike excitations pick up a finite tension, and there…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-05-25 Michele Del Zotto , Jonathan J. Heckman , Daniel S. Park , Tom Rudelius

Starting from a general $\mathcal{N} = 2$ SCFT, we study the network of $\mathcal{N} = 1$ SCFTs obtained from relevant deformations by nilpotent mass parameters. We also study the case of flipper field deformations where the mass parameters…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-05 Fabio Apruzzi , Falk Hassler , Jonathan J. Heckman , Thomas B. Rochais

We present examples of 5d SCFTs that serve as counter-examples to a recently actively studied conjecture according to which it should be possible to obtain all 5d SCFTs by integrating out BPS particles from 6d SCFTs compactified on a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-11 Lakshya Bhardwaj

We study twisted circle compactification of 6d $(2,0)$ SCFTs to 5d $\mathcal{N} = 2$ supersymmetric gauge theories with non-simply-laced gauge groups. We provide two complementary approaches towards the BPS partition functions, reflecting…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-28 Zhihao Duan , Kimyeong Lee , June Nahmgoong , Xin Wang

We study compactification of 6 dimensional (1,0) theories on T^2. We use geometric engineering of these theories via F-theory and employ mirror symmetry technology to solve for the effective 4d N=2 geometry for a large number of the (1,0)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-20 Michele Del Zotto , Cumrun Vafa , Dan Xie

We consider the 6d (1,0) SCFT on a stack of $N$ M5-branes probing a $\mathbb C^2/\mathbb Z_2$ singularity. In particular, we study its compactifications to four dimensions on a smooth genus-$g$ Riemann surface with non-trivial flavor flux,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-19 Ibrahima Bah , Federico Bonetti

We systematically explore the space of renormalization group flows of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) triggered by relevant deformations, as well as by coupling to free chiral multiplets with relevant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-23 Minseok Cho , Kazunobu Maruyoshi , Emily Nardoni , Jaewon Song

We analyze the mass spectrum of spin-2 excitations around the gravity duals of "linear quiver" supersymmetric conformal field theories (SCFT's) in six dimensions. We show that for the entire family of gravity solutions it satisfies a bound…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-01 Achilleas Passias , Alessandro Tomasiello

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

The 6d (2,0) theory of $N$ M5 branes compactified on the product geometry $T^2\times S$, where $S$ is a K\"ahler 4-manifold, can be studied in two different limits. In one limit, the size of $T^2$ is taken to zero and together with a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-01 Jin Chen , Wei Cui , Babak Haghighat , Youran Sun

There are two major ways of constructing 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs): the first one is putting a 6d $(2,0)$ theory on a punctured Riemann surface (class-S theory), and the second one is putting type IIB string…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-31 Bohan Li , Dan Xie , Wenbin Yan