M5-brane sources, holography, and Argyres-Douglas theories

I Bah, F Bonetti, R Minasian, E Nardoni - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We initiate a study of the holographic duals of a class of four-dimensional\(\mathcal
{N}\)= 2 superconformal field theories that are engineered by wrapping M5-branes on a …

Dynamical consequences of 1-form symmetries and the exceptional Argyres-Douglas theories

F Carta, S Giacomelli, N Mekareeya… - Journal of High Energy …, 2022 - Springer
A bstract Higher-form symmetries have proved useful in constraining the dynamics of a
number of quantum field theories. In the context of the Argyres-Douglas (AD) theories of the …

New aspects of Argyres-Douglas theories and their dimensional reduction

S Giacomelli, N Mekareeya, M Sacchi - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract Argyres-Douglas (AD) theories constitute an infinite class of superconformal field
theories in four dimensions with a number of interesting properties. We study several new …

1-form symmetry, isolated = 2 SCFTs, and Calabi-Yau threefolds

M Buican, H Jiang - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We systematically study 4D\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 superconformal field theories
(SCFTs) that can be constructed via type IIB string theory on isolated hypersurface …

Lagrangians for generalized Argyres-Douglas theories

S Benvenuti, S Giacomelli - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 - Springer
A bstract We continue the study of Lagrangian descriptions of\(\mathcal {N}= 2\) Argyres-
Douglas theories. We use our recent interpretation in terms of sequential confinement to …

=1 Lagrangians for generalized Argyres-Douglas theories

P Agarwal, A Sciarappa, J Song - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 - Springer
A bstract We find\(\mathcal {N}\)= 1 Lagrangian gauge theories that flow to generalized
ArgyresDouglas theories with\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 supersymmetry. We find that certain SU …

A geometric dual of c-extremization

C Couzens, JP Gauntlett, D Martelli… - Journal of High Energy …, 2019 - Springer
A bstract We consider supersymmetric AdS 3× Y 7 and AdS 2× Y 9 solutions of type IIB and
D= 11 supergravity, respectively, that are holographically dual to SCFTs with (0, 2) …

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 …

Probing bad theories with the dualization algorithm. Part I

S Giacomelli, C Hwang, F Marino, S Pasquetti… - Journal of High Energy …, 2024 - Springer
A bstract Recently an algorithm to build SL (2, ℤ) duals, including mirror duals, of
3d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 4 quiver theories and their 4d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 1 uplift has been …

Abelianization and sequential confinement in 2+ 1 dimensions

S Benvenuti, S Giacomelli - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 - Springer
A bstract We consider the lagrangian description of Argyres-Douglas theories of type A 2N−
1, which is a SU (N) gauge theory with an adjoint and one fundamental flavor. An …