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Making use of the exact solutions of the $N=2$ supersymmetric gauge theories we construct new classes of superconformal field theories (SCFTs) by fine-tuning the moduli parameters and bringing the theories to critical points. SCFTs we have…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-05 Tohru Eguchi , Kentaro Hori , Katsushi Ito , Sung-Kil Yang

We initiate a systematic study of four dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) based on the analysis of their Coulomb branch geometries. Because these SCFTs are not uniquely characterized by their scale-invariant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-11-06 Philip Argyres , Matteo Lotito , Yongchao Lü , Mario Martone

We show that a proposed duality [arXiv:0711.0054] between infinitely coupled gauge theories and superconformal field theories (SCFTs) with weakly gauged flavor groups predicts the existence of new rank 1 SCFTs. These superconformal fixed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-12-15 Philip C. Argyres , John R. Wittig

We study a rich set of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) with both central charges identical: $a = c$. We construct them via the diagonal $\mathcal{N}=1$ gauging of the flavor symmetry $G$ of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-28 Monica Jinwoo Kang , Craig Lawrie , Ki-Hong Lee , Jaewon Song

We examine six-dimensional quantum field theories through the lens of higher-form global symmetries. Every Yang-Mills gauge theory in six dimensions, with field strength $f^{(2)}$, naturally gives rise to a continuous 1-form global symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-12 Clay Cordova , Thomas T. Dumitrescu , Kenneth Intriligator

We classify all possible charge lattices and 1-form symmetry groups for $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs with characteristic dimension $\varkappa \neq \{1,2\}$. For rank-$r$ SCFTs that are not stacks of lower rank theories the order of the 1-form…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-27 Antonio Amariti , Simone Rota

The $S$-duality group $\mathbb{S}(\mathcal{F})$ of a 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric theory $\mathcal{F}$ is identified with the group of triangle auto-equivalences of its cluster category $\mathscr{C}(\mathcal{F})$ modulo the subgroup…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-26 Matteo Caorsi , Sergio Cecotti

2-group symmetries are generalized symmetries that arise when 1-form and 0-form symmetries mix with each other. We uncover the existence of a class of 2-group symmetries in general 4d N=2 theories of Class S that can be constructed by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-11 Lakshya Bhardwaj

We classify four dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs whose Seiberg-Witten (SW) geometries can be written as hyperelliptic families. By using special K\"ahler condition of SW geometry, we reduce the problem to one parameter quasi-homogeneous…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-05 Dan Xie , Zekai Yu

We study a rich set of four-dimensional superconformal field theories (SCFTs) with both central charges identical: $a = c$. These are constructed via the diagonal $\mathcal{N}=2$ or $\mathcal{N}=1$ gauging of the flavor symmetry $G$ of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-10-14 Monica Jinwoo Kang , Craig Lawrie , Ki-Hong Lee , Jaewon Song

We generalize S-duality to N=2 superconformal field theories (SCFTs) with Coulomb branch operators of non-integer scaling dimension. As simple examples, we find minimal generalizations of the S-dualities discovered in SU(2) gauge theory…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 Matthew Buican , Simone Giacomelli , Takahiro Nishinaka , Constantinos Papageorgakis

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

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

Coulomb branches of vacua are the most universal moduli spaces that arise in local unitary interacting 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs). In these theories, $1/2$-BPS primaries parameterize the Coulomb branches and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-06-06 Matthew Buican

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

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 uncover 2-group symmetries in 6d superconformal field theories. These symmetries arise when the discrete 1-form symmetry and continuous flavor symmetry group of a theory mix with each other. We classify all 6d superconformal field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-05 Fabio Apruzzi , Lakshya Bhardwaj , Dewi S. W. Gould , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

Enhancement of global symmetry and supersymmetry in the infrared is one of the most intriguing phenomena in quantum field theory. We investigate such phenomena in a large class of three dimensional superconformal field theories, known as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 Ivan Garozzo , Gabriele Lo Monaco , Noppadol Mekareeya , Matteo Sacchi

A solution to the infinite coupling problem for N=2 conformal supersymmetric gauge theories in four dimensions is presented. The infinitely-coupled theories are argued to be interacting superconformal field theories (SCFTs) with weakly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-15 Philip C. Argyres , Nathan Seiberg

We discover a four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric field theory that is dual to the $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory with gauge group $SU(2n+1)$ for each $n$. The dual theory is constructed through the diagonal gauging of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-13 Monica Jinwoo Kang , Craig Lawrie , Ki-Hong Lee , Jaewon Song