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On p-form gauge theories and their conformal limits
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 Relations between the various formulations of nonlinear p-form electrodynamics with conformal-invariant weak-field and strong-field limits are clarified, with a focus on duality invariant (2n − 1)-form electrodynamics and chiral 2n-form electrodynamics ...
Igor Bandos +3 more
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Electrostatic description of 3d N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 linear quivers
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 We present the holographic dual for the strongly coupled, low energy dynamics of balanced N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 field theories in (2 + 1) dimensions. The infinite family of Type IIB backgrounds with AdS4 × S 2 × S 2 factors is described in terms of a ...
Mohammad Akhond +2 more
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Tropical geometry and five dimensional Higgs branches at infinite coupling
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019 Superconformal five dimensional theories have a rich structure of phases and brane webs play a crucial role in studying their properties. This paper is devoted to the study of a three parameter family of SQCD theories, given by the number of colors N c ...
Santiago Cabrera +2 more
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3d 𝒩 = 2 theories and plumbing graphs: adding matter, gauging, and new dualities
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 Recently, a large class of 3d 𝒩 = 2 gauge theories with mixed Chern-Simons levels, corresponding to plumbing 3-manifolds, has been identified. In this paper we generalize these theories by including in their content chiral multiples, and analyze their ...
Shi Cheng, Piotr Sułkowski
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A tale of exceptional 3d dualities
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019 We consider interesting Seiberg dualities for Usp gauge theories with an antisymmetric, 8 fundamentals and no superpotential. We reduce to three dimensions and systematically analyze deformations triggered by real and complex masses, reaching a plethora ...
Sergio Benvenuti
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Moduli space singularities for 3d N = 4 $$ \mathcal{N}=4 $$ circular quiver gauge theories
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 The singularity structure of the Coulomb and Higgs branches of good 3d N = 4 $$ \mathcal{N}=4 $$ circular quiver gauge theories (CQGTs) with unitary gauge groups is studied. The central method employed is the Kraft-Procesi transition. CQGTs are described
Jamie Rogers, Radu Tatar
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Searching for surface defect CFTs within AdS3
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020 We study AdS3 × S 3 / ℤ k × S ˜ 3 / ℤ k ′ $$ \times {S}^3/{\mathrm{\mathbb{Z}}}_k\times {\tilde{S}}^3/{\mathrm{\mathbb{Z}}}_{k^{\prime }} $$ solutions to M-theory preserving N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = (0, 4) supersymmetries, arising as near-horizon limits of ...
Federico Faedo +2 more
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M2-branes and plane partitions
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 There is a correspondence between the protected local operators in the 3d SCFTs describing the geometry ℂ2 probed by a stack of N M2-branes and plane partitions of trace N.
Tadashi Okazaki
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Fortschritte der Physik, Volume 74, Issue 4, April 2026.Abstract String theory has strong implications for cosmology, implying the absence of a cosmological constant, ruling out single‐field slow‐roll inflation, and that black holes decay. The origins of these statements are elucidated within the string‐theoretical swampland programme.
Kay Lehnert
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Compactness of brane moduli and the String Lamppost Principle in d > 6
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 We demonstrate the validity of the String Lamppost Principle — that all consistent theories of quantum gravity are in the String Landscape — for supersymmetric theories in d > 6 using compactness and connectedness of the moduli space of small instantons,
Alek Bedroya +3 more
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