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Integrable $su(2\vert2)_{c}$ symmetric models have integrable boundaries with $osp(2\vert2)$ symmetries, which can be embedded into $su(2\vert2)_{c}$ in two different ways. We dualize the previously obtained asymptotic overlap formulas for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-28 Tamas Gombor , Zoltán Bajnok

We consider the $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM theory with gauge group $Sp(N)$ and the $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theory consisting of four hypermultiplets in the fundamental representation and one hypermultiplet in the rank-two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-09 Lorenzo De Lillo , Alessandro Pini

We develop techniques to study the correlation functions of "large operators" whose bare dimension grows parametrically with N, in SO(N) gauge theory. We build the operators from a single complex matrix. For these operators, the large N…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Pawel Caputa , Robert de Mello Koch , Pablo Diaz

The Coulomb and Higgs indices of the 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ $U(N)$ ADHM theories can be decorated by line defect operators as the line defect correlators. We obtain exact closed-form expressions and various non-trivial algebraic relations for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-24 Hirotaka Hayashi , Tomoki Nosaka , Tadashi Okazaki

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

We conjecture a precise relationship between the Schur limit of the superconformal index of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ field theories, which counts local operators, and the spectrum of BPS particles on the Coulomb branch. We verify…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-17 Clay Cordova , Shu-Heng Shao

We present a rigorous but elementary index theory for a class of one-dimensional systems of interacting (and possibly disordered) fermions with $\Uone\rtimes\bbZ_2$ symmetry defined on the infinite chain. The class includes the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-07-31 Hal Tasaki

It has recently been argued by Alday et al that the inclusion of surface operators in 4d N=2 SU(2) quiver gauge theories should correspond to insertions of certain degenerate operators in the dual Liouville theory. So far only the insertion…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Can Kozcaz , Sara Pasquetti , Niclas Wyllard

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

The study of exactly marginal deformations of superconformal field theories is a topic that has received considerable attention due to their rich properties. We investigate the $\mathcal{N}=2$ preserving exactly marginal operators of 3d…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-30 Emanuele Beratto , Noppadol Mekareeya , Matteo Sacchi

We investigate the deformed Schur index in four dimensional N=4 super Yang-Mills theories with $SO$ and $Sp$ gauge groups, generalizing Hatsuda's recent calculations. We express the deformed Schur index as integrals of Koornwinder…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-06 Gao-fu Ren , Min-xin Huang

The so-called 2d/4d correspondences connect two-dimensional conformal field theory (2d CFT), N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories and quantum integrable systems. The latter in the simplest case of the SU(2) gauge group are nothing but the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-14 Marcin R. Piatek , Artur R. Pietrykowski

We consider the defect CFT defined by a 't Hooft line embedded in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. By explicitly quantizing around the given background we exactly reproduce a prediction from S-duality for the correlators between the 't Hooft…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-29 Charlotte Kristjansen , Konstantin Zarembo

We conjecture that decoupling relations in the operator product expansion of a 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theory (SCFT) are encoded by an algebro-geometric object: a bifiltered affine scheme. We demonstrate how this scheme…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-06 Monica Jinwoo Kang , Craig Lawrie , Jaewon Song

We define the gauge-equivariant index of a family of elliptic operators invariant with respect to the free action of a family $\GR \to B$ of Lie groups (these families are called ``gauge-invariant families'' in what follows). If the fibers…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Victor Nistor

Large N duality conjecture between U(N) Chern-Simons gauge theory on $S^3$ and A-model topological string theory on the resolved conifold was verified at the level of partition function and Wilson loop observables. As a consequence, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Pravina Borhade , P. Ramadevi

The Witten index counts the difference in the number of bosonic and fermionic states of a quantum mechanical system. The Schur index, which can be defined for theories with at least $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetry in four dimensions is a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-27 Jun Bourdier , Nadav Drukker , Jan Felix

We undertake a systematic study of the $4$-dimensional $SU(N)$ $2$-index chiral gauge theories and investigate their faithful global symmetries and dynamics. These are a finite set of theories with fermions in the $2$-index symmetric and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-10 Mohamed M. Anber , Samson Y. L. Chan

We derive explicit formulae to compute the $a$ and $c$ central charges of four dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) directly from Coulomb branch related quantities. The formulae apply at arbitrary rank. We also…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-30 Mario Martone

We study strings associated with minimal 6d SCFTs, which by definition have only one string charge and no Higgs branch. These theories are labelled by a number n with 1 <= n <= 8 or n = 12. Quiver theories have previously been proposed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-20 Babak Haghighat , Albrecht Klemm , Guglielmo Lockhart , Cumrun Vafa