Coulomb and Higgs branches from canonical singularities. Part 0

C Closset, S Schäfer-Nameki, YN Wang - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract Five-and four-dimensional superconformal field theories with eight supercharges
arise from canonical threefold singularities in M-theory and Type IIB string theory …

5d and 4d SCFTs: canonical singularities, trinions and S-dualities

C Closset, S Giacomelli, S Schäfer-Nameki… - Journal of High Energy …, 2021 - Springer
A bstract Canonical threefold singularities in M-theory and Type IIB string theory give rise to
superconformal field theories (SCFTs) in 5d and 4d, respectively. In this paper, we study …

Coulomb and Higgs branches from canonical singularities. Part I. Hypersurfaces with smooth Calabi-Yau resolutions

C Closset, S Schäfer-Nameki, YN Wang - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract Compactification of M-theory and of IIB string theory on threefold canonical
singularities gives rise to superconformal field theories (SCFTs) in 5d and 4d, respectively …

Magnetic quivers from brane webs with O5 planes

A Bourget, JF Grimminger, A Hanany… - Journal of High Energy …, 2020 - Springer
A bstract Magnetic quivers have led to significant progress in the understanding of gauge
theories with 8 supercharges at UV fixed points. For a given low-energy gauge theory …

S-fold magnetic quivers

A Bourget, S Giacomelli, JF Grimminger… - Journal of High Energy …, 2021 - Springer
A bstract Magnetic quivers and Hasse diagrams for Higgs branches of rank r 4d\(\mathcal
{N}\)= 2 SCFTs arising from ℤ ℓ\(\mathcal {S}\)-fold constructions are discussed. The …

Generalized symmetries and anomalies of 3d SCFTs

L Bhardwaj, M Bullimore, AEV Ferrari… - SciPost Physics, 2024 - scipost.org
We study generalized global symmetries and their't Hooft anomalies in 3d $\mathcal {N}= 4$
superconformal field theories (SCFTs). Following some general considerations, we focus on …

Five-brane webs, Higgs branches and unitary/orthosymplectic magnetic quivers

M Akhond, F Carta, S Dwivedi, H Hayashi… - Journal of High Energy …, 2020 - Springer
A bstract We study the Higgs branch of 5d superconformal theories engineered from brane
webs with orientifold five-planes. We propose a generalization of the rules to derive …

Hasse diagrams for 3d = 4 quiver gauge theories — Inversion and the full moduli space

JF Grimminger, A Hanany - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020 - Springer
A bstract We study Hasse diagrams of moduli spaces of 3d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 4 quiver gauge
theories. The goal of this work is twofold: 1) We introduce the notion of inverting a Hasse …

Decay and Fission of Magnetic Quivers

A Bourget, M Sperling, Z Zhong - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
In exploring supersymmetric theories with eight supercharges, the Higgs branches present
an intriguing window into strong coupling dynamics. Magnetic quivers serve as crucial tools …

Conformal manifolds and 3d mirrors of Argyres-Douglas theories

F Carta, S Giacomelli, N Mekareeya… - Journal of High Energy …, 2021 - Springer
A bstract Argyres-Douglas theories constitute an important class of superconformal field
theories in 4d. The main focus of this paper is on two infinite families of such theories, known …