4d N=3 indices via discrete gauging

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2018)131zbMATH Open1402.81238arXiv1804.05396MaRDI QIDQ1627366FDOQ1627366

Authors: Thomas Bourton, Alessandro Pini, Elli Pomoni 

Publication date: 22 November 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A class of 4d $mathcalN=3$ SCFTs can be obtained from gauging a discrete subgroup of the global symmetry group of $mathcalN=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory. This discrete subgroup contains elements of both the $SU(4)$ R-symmetry group and the $SL(2,mathbbZ)$ S-duality group of $mathcalN=4$ SYM. We give a prescription for how to perform the discrete gauging at the level of the superconformal index and Higgs branch Hilbert series. We interpret and match the information encoded in these indices to known results for rank one $mathcalN=3$ theories. Our prescription is easily generalised for the Coloumb branch and the Higgs branch indices of higher rank theories, allowing us to make new predictions for these theories. Most strikingly we find that the Coulomb branches of higher rank theories are generically not-freely generated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.05396

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zbMATH Keywords

extended supersymmetryglobal symmetriessupersymmetric gauge theorydiscrete symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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