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We formulate a conjectural relation between the category of line defects in topologically twisted 3d ${\cal N} = 4$ supersymmetric quantum field theories and categories of modules for Vertex Operator Algebras of boundary local operators for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-12 Kevin Costello , Thomas Creutzig , Davide Gaiotto

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 study 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ Chern--Simons matter theories describing the R-twisted $S^1$-reduction of Argyres--Douglas theories of $(A_{M-1},A_{N-1})$ type with $\text{gcd}(M,N)=1$, via a recently-proposed 4d/3d correspondence. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-17 Takahiro Nishinaka , Yutaka Yoshida

We study M-theory on a Calabi-Yau fourfold with a smooth surface $S$ of $A_{N-1}$ singularities. The resulting three-dimensional theory has a $\mathcal{N}=2$ $SU(N)$ gauge theory sector, which we obtain from a twisted dimensional reduction…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-28 Hans Jockers , Sheldon Katz , David R. Morrison , M. Ronen Plesser

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

We demonstrate that twisted equivariant differential K-theory of transverse complex curves accommodates exotic charges of the form expected of codimension=2 defect branes, such as of D7-branes in IIB/F-theory on A-type orbifold…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-07 Hisham Sati , Urs Schreiber

Symmetries of Seiberg-Witten (SW) geometries capture intricate physical aspects of the underlying 4d $\mathcal{N} = 2$ field theories. For rank-one theories, these geometries are rational elliptic surfaces whose automorphism group is a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-04 Elias Furrer , Horia Magureanu

A class of 4d $\mathcal{N}=3$ SCFTs can be obtained from gauging a discrete subgroup of the global symmetry group of $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory. This discrete subgroup contains elements of both the $SU(4)$ R-symmetry group and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-11 Thomas Bourton , Alessandro Pini , Elli Pomoni

We classify orbifold geometries which can be interpreted as moduli spaces of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}\geq 3$ superconformal field theories up to rank 2 (complex dimension 6). The large majority of the geometries we find correspond to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-09 Philip C. Argyres , Antoine Bourget , Mario Martone

We present general formulae for the TsT transformation (T-duality, shift, T-duality) of type II string backgrounds and open string boundary conditions. The TsT transformation provides a systematic procedure to find string theory duals of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-12-07 Emiliano Imeroni

The purpose of the present article is to define and study a new class of descent algebras, called twisted descent algebras. These algebras are associated to the Barratt-Joyal theory of twisted bialgebras in the same way than classical…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Frederic Patras , Manfred Schocker

The purpose of this paper is to describe the basics of a dictionary between Chern-Simons levels in three-dimensional gauged linear sigma models (GLSMs) and the (coincidentally-named) Ruan-Zhang levels for twisted quantum K-theory in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-16 I. Huq-Kuruvilla , L. Mihalcea , E. Sharpe , H. Zhang

We elaborate on s-confinement phases in three-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric gauge theory, especially focusing on the $SU(N)$ and $USp(2N)$ gauge theories with anti-symmetric tensors and (anti-)fundamental matters. This will…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-11 Keita Nii

We show how general principles of symmetry in quantum mechanics lead to twisted notions of a group representation. This framework generalizes both the classical 3-fold way of real/complex/quaternionic representations as well as a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Daniel S. Freed , Gregory W. Moore

This is the companion paper of the letter arXiv:2410.15695, containing all the details and series of examples on a 4d mirror symmetry for the class-$\mathcal{S}$ theories which relates the representation theory of the chiral quantization of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-05 Yiwen Pan , Wenbin Yan

We provide a systematic approach to twisting differential KO-theory leading to a construction of the corresponding twisted differential Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence (AHSS). We relate and contrast the degree two and the degree one…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Daniel Grady , Hisham Sati

A dimension formula was given in [1] in order to partially classify the Lie algebras of $S$-unitary type. The natural question of when $\mathfrak{u}_{S}$ and $\mathfrak{u}_{T}$ are isomorphic is left unanswered. In this article, we will…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2018-11-12 Clarisson Rizzie Canlubo

Four-dimensional N=2 superconformal field theories have families of protected correlation functions that possess the structure of two-dimensional chiral algebras. In this paper, we explore the chiral algebras that arise in this manner in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-22 Christopher Beem , Wolfger Peelaers , Leonardo Rastelli , Balt C. van Rees

We determine new genus 2 Seiberg-Witten curves for four dimensional rank 2 absolute N=4 superYang-Mills theories using the automorphism twist approach. The conformal manifolds of these curves agree with those predicted by S-duality orbits…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-27 Philip C. Argyres , Mario Martone , Zekai Yu

We consider N=1 SU(N_c) gauge theory with an adjoint matter field $\Phi$, N_f flavors of fundamentals Q and antifundamentals \tQ, and tree-level superpotential of the form $\tQ\Phi^l Q$. This superpotential is relevant or marginal for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Anton Kapustin