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4d $S$-duality wall and $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ relations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-03-23 v3

Abstract

In this paper we present various 4d4d N=1\mathcal{N}=1 dualities involving theories obtained by gluing two E[USp(2N)]E[USp(2N)] blocks via the gauging of a common USp(2N)USp(2N) symmetry with the addition of 2L2L fundamental matter chiral fields. For L=0L=0 in particular the theory has a quantum deformed moduli space with chiral symmetry breaking and its index takes the form of a delta-function. We interpret it as the Identity wall which identifies the two surviving USp(2N)USp(2N) of each E[USp(2N)]E[USp(2N)] block. All the dualities are derived from iterative applications of the Intriligator--Pouliot duality. This plays for us the role of the fundamental duality, from which we derive all others. We then focus on the 3d3d version of our 4d4d dualities, which now involve the N=4\mathcal{N}=4 T[SU(N)]T[SU(N)] quiver theory that is known to correspond to the 3d3d SS-wall. We show how these 3d3d dualities correspond to the relations S2=1S^2=-1, S1S=1S^{-1}S=1 and T1ST=S1TST^{-1} S T=S^{-1} T S for the SS and TT generators of SL(2,Z)SL(2,\mathbb{Z}). These observations lead us to conjecture that E[USp(2N)]E[USp(2N)] can also be interpreted as a 4d4d SS-wall.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2110.08001,
  title  = {4d $S$-duality wall and $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ relations},
  author = {Lea E. Bottini and Chiung Hwang and Sara Pasquetti and Matteo Sacchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.08001},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

58 pages, 18 figures; v2: references added; v3: version published on JHEP

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