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Sequential deconfinement in $3d$ $\mathcal{N}\!=\!2$ gauge theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-07-12 v3

Abstract

We consider 3d3d N ⁣= ⁣2\mathcal{N}\!=\!2 gauge theories with fundamental matter plus a single field in a rank-22 representation. Using iteratively a process of "deconfinement" of the rank-22 field, we produce a sequence of Seiberg-dual quiver theories. We detail this process in two examples with zero superpotential: Usp(2N)Usp(2N) gauge theory with an antisymmetric field and U(N)U(N) gauge theory with an adjoint field. The fully deconfined dual quiver has NN nodes, and can be interpreted as an Aharony dual of theories with rank-22 matter. All chiral ring generators of the original theory are mapped into gauge singlet fields of the fully deconfined quiver dual.

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@article{arxiv.2012.09773,
  title  = {Sequential deconfinement in $3d$ $\mathcal{N}\!=\!2$ gauge theories},
  author = {Sergio Benvenuti and Ivan Garozzo and Gabriele Lo Monaco},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.09773},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

27 pages. v1: references added. v2: typos corrected, version for JHEP

R2 v1 2026-06-23T21:03:23.120Z