T-Branes, String Junctions, and 6D SCFTs

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVD.101.086018arXiv1907.11230MaRDI QIDQ6322698FDOQ6322698

Authors: Falk Hassler, Jonathan J. Heckman, Thomas B. Rochais, Tom Rudelius 

Publication date: 25 July 2019

Abstract: Recent work on 6D superconformal field theories (SCFTs) has established an intricate correspondence between certain Higgs branch deformations and nilpotent orbits of flavor symmetry algebras associated with T-branes. In this paper, we return to the stringy origin of these theories and show that many aspects of these deformations can be understood in terms of simple combinatorial data associated with multi-pronged strings stretched between stacks of intersecting 7-branes in F-theory. This data lets us determine the full structure of the nilpotent cone for each semi-simple flavor symmetry algebra, and it further allows us to characterize symmetry breaking patterns in quiver-like theories with classical gauge groups. An especially helpful feature of this analysis is that it extends to "short quivers" in which the breaking patterns from different flavor symmetry factors are correlated.

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