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1/4 BPS String Junctions and $N^3$ Problem in 6-dim (2,0) Superconformal Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-28 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We explore 1/4 BPS objects in the Coulomb phase of the ADE-type 6-dim (2,0) superconformal theories. By using the previous work on the junctions of strings in 5-dim gauge theories and 6-dim superconformal theories, we count the number of 1/4 BPS objects, which are made of waves on selfdual strings and junctions of selfdual strings and show that for all cases the number matches exactly one third of the anomaly constant cG=dGhGc_G=d_G h_G which is the product of dimension dGd_G and dual Coxeter number hGh_G. This suggests the long sought after N3N^3 degrees of freedom are these 1/4 BPS objects at least in the Coulomb phase.

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@article{arxiv.1105.5073,
  title  = {1/4 BPS String Junctions and $N^3$ Problem in 6-dim (2,0) Superconformal Theories},
  author = {Stefano Bolognesi and Kimyeong Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.5073},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

13 pages, 8 figures, jhep-style, references added

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