T-branes, anomalies and moduli spaces in 6D SCFTs

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2017)158zbMATH Open1383.83186arXiv1612.06399WikidataQ59814595 ScholiaQ59814595MaRDI QIDQ1709367FDOQ1709367

Noppadol Mekareeya, Alessandro Tomasiello, Tom Rudelius

Publication date: 27 March 2018

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

Abstract: The worldvolume theory of M5-branes on an ADE singularity $mathbb{R}^5/Gamm{a}_G$ can be Higgsed in various ways, corresponding to the possible nilpotent orbits of $G$. In the F-theory dual picture, this corresponds to activating T-brane data along two stacks of 7-branes and yields a tensor branch realization for a large class of 6D SCFTs. In this paper, we show that the moduli spaces and anomalies of these T-brane theories are related in a simple, universal way to data of the nilpotent orbits. This often works in surprising ways and gives a nontrivial confirmation of the conjectured properties of T-branes in F-theory. We use this result to formally engineer a class of theories where the IIA picture na"ively breaks down. We also give a proof of the $a$-theorem for all RG flows within this class of T-brane theories.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.06399

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zbMATH Keywords

field theories in higher dimensionsconformal field models in string theorysupersymmetric gauge theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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