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Reflection groups and 3d $\mathcal{N}\ge $ 6 SCFTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-01-29 v1

Abstract

We point out that the moduli spaces of all known 3d N=\mathcal{N}= 8 and N=\mathcal{N}= 6 SCFTs, after suitable gaugings of finite symmetry groups, have the form C4r/Γ\mathbb{C}^{4r}/\Gamma where Γ\Gamma is a real or complex reflection group depending on whether the theory is N=\mathcal{N}= 8 or N=\mathcal{N}= 6, respectively. Real reflection groups are either dihedral groups, Weyl groups, or two sporadic cases H3,4H_{3,4}. Since the BLG theories and the maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories correspond to dihedral and Weyl groups, it is strongly suggested that there are two yet-to-be-discovered 3d N=\mathcal{N}= 8 theories for H3,4H_{3,4}. We also show that all known N=\mathcal{N}= 6 theories correspond to complex reflection groups collectively known as G(k,x,N)G(k,x,N). Along the way, we demonstrate that two ABJM theories (SU(N)k×SU(N)k)/ZN(SU(N)_k\times SU(N)_{-k})/\mathbb{Z}_N and (U(N)k×U(N)k)/Zk(U(N)_k\times U(N)_{-k})/\mathbb{Z}_k are actually equivalent.

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@article{arxiv.1908.03346,
  title  = {Reflection groups and 3d $\mathcal{N}\ge $ 6 SCFTs},
  author = {Yuji Tachikawa and Gabi Zafrir},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.03346},
  year   = {2020}
}

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37 pages

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