Classification of large N superconformal gauge theories with a dense spectrum

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2021)049zbMATH Open1476.81104arXiv2007.16165MaRDI QIDQ825656FDOQ825656

Authors: Prarit Agarwal, Ki-Hong Lee, Jaewon Song 

Publication date: 17 December 2021

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

Abstract: We classify the large $N$ limits of four-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories with simple gauge groups that flow to superconformal fixed points. We restrict ourselves to the ones without a superpotential and with a fixed flavor symmetry. We find 35 classes in total, with 8 having a dense spectrum of chiral gauge-invariant operators. The central charges $a$ and $c$ for the dense theories grow linearly in $N$ in contrast to the $N^2$ growth for the theories with a sparse spectrum. The difference between the central charges $a-c$ can have both signs, and it does not vanish in the large $N$ limit for the dense theories. We find that there can be multiple bands separated by a gap, or a discrete spectrum above the band. We also find a criterion on the matter content for the fixed point theory to possess either a dense or sparse spectrum. We discover a few curious aspects regarding supersymmetric RG flows and $a$-maximization along the way. For all the theories with the dense spectrum, the AdS version of the Weak Gravity Conjecture (including the convex hull condition for the cases with multiple $U(1)$'s) holds for large enough $N$ even though they do not have weakly-coupled gravity duals.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.16165

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zbMATH Keywords

renormalization groupAdS-CFT correspondencesupersymmetric 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) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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