Classification of Argyres-Douglas theories from M5 branes

We obtain a large class of new four-dimensional Argyres-Douglas theories by classifying irregular punctures for the six-dimensional (2, 0) superconformal theory of ADE type on a sphere. Along the way, we identify the connection between the Hitchin system and threefold singularity descriptions of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. D 2016-09, Vol.94 (6), Article 065012
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Yifan, Xie, Dan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We obtain a large class of new four-dimensional Argyres-Douglas theories by classifying irregular punctures for the six-dimensional (2, 0) superconformal theory of ADE type on a sphere. Along the way, we identify the connection between the Hitchin system and threefold singularity descriptions of the same Argyres-Douglas theory. Other constructions such as taking degeneration limits of the irregular puncture, adding an extra regular puncture, and introducing outer-automorphism twists are also discussed. Later we investigate various features of these theories including their Coulomb branch spectrum and central charges.
ISSN:2470-0010
2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.94.065012