Special arithmetic of flavor

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2018)057zbMATH Open1396.81169arXiv1803.00531WikidataQ129377128 ScholiaQ129377128MaRDI QIDQ1783798FDOQ1783798

Authors: Matteo Caorsi, Sergio Cecotti 

Publication date: 21 September 2018

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

Abstract: We revisit the classification of rank-1 4d $mathcalN=2$ QFTs in the spirit of Diophantine Geometry, viewing their special geometries as elliptic curves over the chiral ring (a Dedekind domain). The Kodaira-N'eron model maps the space of non-trivial rank-1 special geometries to the well-known moduli of pairs $(mathcalE,F_{i}nfty)$ where $mathcalE$ is a relatively minimal, rational elliptic surface with section, and $F_{i}nfty$ a fiber with additive reduction. Requiring enough Seiberg-Witten differentials yields a condition on $(mathcalE,F_{i}nfty)$ equivalent to the "safely irrelevant conjecture". The Mordell-Weil group of $mathcalE$ (with the N'eron-Tate pairing) contains a canonical root system arising from $(-1)$-curves in special position in the N'eron-Severi group. This canonical system is identified with the roots of the flavor group $mathsfF$: the allowed flavor groups are then read from the Oguiso-Shioda table of Mordell-Weil groups. Discrete gaugings correspond to base changes. Our results are consistent with previous work by Argyres et al.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00531

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theoryextended supersymmetrysupersymmetric gauge theorysupersymmetry and duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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