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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 consider conformal N=2 super Yang-Mills theories with gauge group SU(N) and Nf=2N fundamental hypermultiplets in presence of a circular 1/2-BPS Wilson loop. It is natural to conjecture that the matrix model which describes the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 M. Billo , F. Galvagno , P. Gregori , A. Lerda

We calculate the Schur index of the ${\cal N}=4$ $U(N)$ SYM with finite $N$ via the AdS/CFT correspondence as the contribution of D3-branes wrapped on contractible cycles in $\boldsymbol{S}^5$ on some assumptions motivated by preliminary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-22 Reona Arai , Shota Fujiwara , Yosuke Imamura , Tatsuya Mori

We propose an SL(2,R) Chern-Simons description of Liouville field theory (LFT), whose correlation function duals to partition function of N=2 SU(2) gauge theories. We give the dual expressions for conformal blocks, fusion rules, and Wilson…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-12-02 Jian-Feng Wu , Yang Zhou

In this note we discuss several properties of the Schur index of N=2 superconformal theories in four dimensions. In particular, we study modular properties of this index under SL(2,Z) transformations of its parameters.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Shlomo S. Razamat

Gauge-invariant operators can be specified by equivalence classes of permutations. We develop this idea concretely for the singlets of the flavour group $SO(N_f)$ in $U(N_c)$ gauge theory by using Gelfand pairs and Schur-Weyl duality. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-01 Yusuke Kimura , Sanjaye Ramgoolam , Ryo Suzuki

A large family of 4d N=2 SCFT's was introduced in arXiv:1210.2886. Its elements $D_p(G)$ are labelled by a positive integer p\in N and a simply-laced Lie group G; their flavor symmetry is at least G. In the present paper we study their…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Sergio Cecotti , Michele Del Zotto , Simone Giacomelli

We conjecture a closed-form expression for the Schur limit of the superconformal index of two infinite series of Argyres-Douglas (AD) superconformal field theories (SCFTs): the (A_1,A_{2n-3}) and the (A_1,D_{2n}) theories. While these SCFTs…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-20 Matthew Buican , Takahiro Nishinaka

We consider the four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ quiver gauge theory arising from a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ orbifold of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills with gauge group $SU(2N)$. We study the integrated correlator between a half-BPS Wilson line and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-09 Alessandro Pini

We study a class of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ SU($N$) gauge theories with two massless hypermultiplets in the rank-two antisymmetric representation and $0\leq N_f\leq 4$ fundamental flavors. These theories are superconformal for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-19 M. Billo , A. Lerda , A. Testa

We consider Alday-Gaiotto-Tachikawa (AGT) realization of the Nekrasov partition function of N=2 SCFT. We focus our attention on the SU(2) theory with N_f=4 flavor symmetry, whose partition function, according to AGT, is given by the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-15 Gaston Giribet

We discuss orbifold version of the Schur index defined as the supersymmetric partition function in S^3/Z_n x S^1. We first give a general formula for Lagrangian theories obtained by localization technique, and then suggest a generalization…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-06 Yosuke Imamura

We study half-BPS surface operators in four dimensional N=2 SU(N) gauge theories, and analyze their low-energy effective action on the four dimensional Coulomb branch using equivariant localization. We also study surface operators as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 S. K. Ashok , S. Ballav , M. Billo' , E. Dell'Aquila , M. Frau , V. Gupta , R. R. John , A. Lerda

A well-developed classification program for 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ super conformal field theories (SCFTs) leverages Seiberg-Witten geometry on the Coulomb branch of vacua; theories are arranged by increasing $\mathfrak{rank}$, the complex…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-11 Anirudh Deb , Carlo Meneghelli , Leonardo Rastelli

Searching for the simplest non-abelian 2d gauge theory with $\mathcal{N}=(0,2)$ supersymmetry and non-trivial IR physics, we propose a new duality for $SU(2)$ SQCD with $N_f = 4$ chiral flavors. The chiral algebra of this theory is found to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-27 Mykola Dedushenko , Sergei Gukov

The Schur limit of the superconformal index of four-dimensional $\mathcal N=2$ superconformal field theories has been shown to equal the supercharacter of the vacuum module of their associated chiral algebra. Applying localization…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 Yiwen Pan , Wolfger Peelaers

A broad class of holographic duals for 4d $\mathcal N=2$ SCFTs is based on the general half-BPS $AdS_5$ solutions to M-theory constructed by Lin, Lunin and Maldacena, and their Kaluza-Klein reductions to Type IIA. We derive the equations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-10-12 Kevin Chen , Michael Gutperle , Christoph F. Uhlemann

We study S-duality in N=4 super Yang-Mills with an arbitrary gauge group by determining the operator product expansion of the circular BPS Wilson and 't Hooft loop operators. The coefficients in the expansion of an 't Hooft loop operator…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-08 Jaume Gomis , Takuya Okuda

We study a set of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) $\widehat{\Gamma}(G)$ labeled by a pair of simply-laced Lie groups $\Gamma$ and $G$. They are constructed out of gauging a number of $\mathcal{D}_p(G)$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-12 Monica Jinwoo Kang , Craig Lawrie , Jaewon Song

Reference [1] established an index theory for a class of linear selfadjoint operator equations covering both second order linear Hamiltonian systems and first order linear Hamiltonian systems as special cases. In this paper based upon this…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2011-04-12 Yujun Dong , Yuan Shan