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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Supersymmetric gauge theories with decoupled operators and chiral ring stability

S Benvenuti, S Giacomelli - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
We propose a general way to complete supersymmetric theories with operators below the
unitarity bound, adding gauge-singlet fields that enforce the decoupling of such operators …

=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 …

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 …

RG flows with supersymmetry enhancement and geometric engineering

S Giacomelli - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract In this paper we study a class of\(\mathcal {N}= 2\) SCFTs with ADE global
symmetry defined via Type IIB compactification on a class of hypersurfaces in ℂ 3× ℂ …

A tale of exceptional 3d dualities

S Benvenuti - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019 - Springer
A bstract We consider interesting Seiberg dualities for Usp gauge theories with an
antisymmetric, 8 fundamentals and no superpotential. We reduce to three dimensions and …