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 …

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 …

(Symplectic) leaves and (5d Higgs) branches in the Poly (go) nesian Tropical Rain Forest

M van Beest, A Bourget, J Eckhard… - Journal of High Energy …, 2020 - Springer
A bstract We derive the structure of the Higgs branch of 5d superconformal field theories or
gauge theories from their realization as a generalized toric polygon (or dot diagram). This …

Higgs branch, Coulomb branch, and Hall-Littlewood index

MJ Kang, C Lawrie, KH Lee, M Sacchi, J Song - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
The Higgs branch of 4D N= 2 superconformal field theories can be analyzed via the Hilbert
series of the Higgs branch or, in special cases, by computing the Hall-Littlewood index. For …

Fibrations and Hasse diagrams for 6d SCFTs

A Bourget, JF Grimminger - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract We study the full moduli space of vacua of 6d worldvolume SCFTs on M5 branes
probing an A-type singularity, focusing on the geometric incarnation of the discrete gauging …

(5d RG-flow) trees in the tropical rain forest

M Van Beest, A Bourget, J Eckhard… - Journal of High Energy …, 2021 - Springer
A bstract 5d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) can be obtained from 6d SCFTs by circle
compactification and mass deformation. Successive decoupling of hypermultiplet matter and …

Snowmass white paper on SCFTs

PC Argyres, JJ Heckman, K Intriligator… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Superconformal field theories (SCFTs) occupy a central role in the study of many aspects of
quantum field theory. In this white paper for the Snowmass process we give a brief overview …