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3d exceptional gauge theories and boundary confinement

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-11-29 v2

Abstract

We find boundary confining dualities of 3d N=2\mathcal{N}=2 supersymmetric gauge theories with exceptional gauge groups. The half-indices which enumerate the boundary BPS local operators in the presence of Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions for gauge fields are identified with the Askey-Wilson type qq-beta integrals and Macdonald type sums respectively. New conjectural identities of E6E_6 and E7E_7 integrals and sums are derived from the boundary confining dualities. We also consider theories with a vector multiplet and adjoint chiral, which correspond to an N=4\mathcal{N}=4 vector multiplet, with appropriate boundary conditions. We argue for the boundary confinement of the N=4\mathcal{N}=4 vector multiplet and comment on such theories also with classical gauge groups.

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@article{arxiv.2308.14428,
  title  = {3d exceptional gauge theories and boundary confinement},
  author = {Tadashi Okazaki and Douglas J. Smith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.14428},
  year   = {2023}
}

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39 pages, v2: published version in JHEP

R2 v1 2026-06-28T12:05:52.641Z