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We classify four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric gauge theories with a simple gauge group admitting a large $N$ limit that flow to non-trivial superconformal fixed points in the infrared. We focus on the cases where the large $N$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-23 Minseok Cho , Ki-Hong Lee , Jaewon Song

We study AdS duals of four-dimensional (4D) $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) on $\mathbb{Z}_k$ S-folds with T-branes that flow to 4D $\mathcal{N}=3$ theories. In a previous study, it was discussed how considering…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-14 Yusuke Kimura

We demonstrate the presence of non-invertible symmetries in an infinite family of superconformal Argyres-Douglas theories. This class of theories arises from diagonal gauging of the flavor symmetry of a collection of multiple copies of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-20 Federico Carta , Simone Giacomelli , Noppadol Mekareeya , Alessandro Mininno

We apply the numerical bootstrap program to chiral operators in four-dimensional ${\mathcal N}=2$ SCFTs. In the first part of this work we study four-point functions in which all fields have the same conformal dimension. We give special…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-12 Madalena Lemos , Pedro Liendo

We continue our program of mapping data of 4D $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) onto observables of 2D chiral rational conformal field theories (RCFTs) by revisiting an infinite set of strongly coupled Argyres-Douglas…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-27 Matthew Buican , Zoltan Laczko

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

We carry out a detailed superspace analysis of the OPE of two N=2 stress-tensor multiplets. Knowledge of the multiplets appearing in the expansion, together with the two-dimensional chiral algebra description of N=2 SCFTs, imply an analytic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-16 Pedro Liendo , Israel Ramirez , Jihye Seo

In this paper we introduce the characteristic dimension of a four dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theory, which is an extraordinary simple invariant determined by the scaling dimensions of its Coulomb branch operators. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-14 Sergio Cecotti , Michele Del Zotto , Mario Martone , Robert Moscrop

We explore the space of renormalization group flows that originate from $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric $SU(2)$ gauge theory with one adjoint and a pair of fundamental chiral multiplets. By considering all possible relevant deformations -…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-04-03 Kazunobu Maruyoshi , Emily Nardoni , Jaewon Song

An exact and general solution is presented for a previously open problem. We show that the superconformal R-symmetry of any 4d SCFT is exactly and uniquely determined by a maximization principle: it is the R-symmetry, among all…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Ken Intriligator , Brian Wecht

We construct a large new family of four-dimensional N=1 superconformal field theories by coupling Gaiotto's T_N theories to N=1 vector multiplets. In particular, we consider theories in which various T_N blocks are linked together via…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-11-16 Ibrahima Bah , Brian Wecht

We study 4d SCFTs obtained by orientifold projections on necklace quivers with fractional branes. The models obtained by this procedure are $\mathcal{N}=1$ linear quivers with unitary, symplectic and orthogonal gauge groups, bifundamental…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-09 Antonio Amariti , Marco Fazzi , Simone Rota , Alessia Segati

We study $3d$ SCFTs in the superspace formalism and discuss superfields and on-shell higher spin current multiplets in free $3d$ SCFTs with $\mathcal{N}= 1,2,3,4$ and $6$ superconformal symmetry. For $\mathcal{N}=1$ 3d SCFTs we determine…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 Amin A. Nizami , Tarun Sharma , V. Umesh

We engineer a large new set of four-dimensional N=1 superconformal field theories by wrapping M5-branes on complex curves. We present new supersymmetric AdS_5 M-theory backgrounds which describe these fixed points at large N, and then…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-06-05 Ibrahima Bah , Christopher Beem , Nikolay Bobev , Brian Wecht

We construct and study several examples of continuous families of AdS$_4$ $\mathcal N = 1$ solutions of four-dimensional maximal gauged supergravity. These backgrounds provide the holographic descriptions of conformal manifolds of the dual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-16 Nikolay Bobev , Fridrik Freyr Gautason , Jesse van Muiden

We present a calculation of three point functions for a class of chiral operators, including the primary ones, in d = 3, N = 8; d = 6, N = (2,0) and d = 4, N = 4 superconformal field theories at large N. These theories are related to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Fiorenzo Bastianelli , Roberto Zucchini

In this long overdue second installment, we continue to develop the conformal bootstrap program for ${\mathcal N}=4$ superconformal field theories in four dimensions via an analysis of the correlation function of four stress-tensor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-07-24 Christopher Beem , Leonardo Rastelli , Balt C. van Rees

We revisit the study of singular points in the Coulomb branch of $\mathcal{N}=2$ SQCD in four dimensions with gauge group $SU(N)$ and odd number of flavors. For certain choices of the mass parameters these vacua are not lifted by a mass…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-18 Stefano Bolognesi , Simone Giacomelli , Kenichi Konishi

The Schur index is a powerful tool to probe the spectrum and dualities of 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs), deeply related to 2d vertex operator algebras (VOAs). In this paper, we compute the Schur index in closed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-26 Yiwen Pan , Peihe Yang

We study the logarithmic superconformal field theories. Explicitly, the two-point functions of N=1 logarithmic superconformal field theories (LSCFT) when the Jordan blocks are two (or more) dimensional, and when there are one (or more)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Mohammad Khorrami , Amir Aghamohammadi , Amir Masoud Ghezelbash