SymTFTs and duality defects from 6d SCFTs on 4-manifolds

J Chen, W Cui, B Haghighat, YN Wang - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 - Springer
A bstract In this work we study particular TQFTs in three dimensions, known as Symmetry
Topological Field Theories (or SymTFTs), to identify line defects of two-dimensional CFTs …

6D SCFTs, center-flavor symmetries, and Stiefel-Whitney compactifications

JJ Heckman, C Lawrie, L Lin, HY Zhang, G Zoccarato - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
The center-flavor symmetry of a gauge theory specifies the global form of consistent gauge
and flavor bundle background field configurations. For 6D gauge theories which arise from a …

Higgs branch of 6D (1, 0) SCFTs and little string theories with Dynkin DE-type SUSY enhancement

C Lawrie, L Mansi - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
We detail the Higgs branches of 6D (1, 0) superconformal field theories (SCFTs) and little
string theories (LSTs) that exhibit supersymmetry-enhancing Higgs branch renormalization …

Snowmass white paper on SCFTs

PC Argyres, JJ Heckman, K Intriligator… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Superconformal field theories (SCFTs) occupy a central role in the study of many aspects of
quantum field theory. In this white paper for the Snowmass process we give a brief overview …

Bestiary of 6D (1, 0) SCFTs: Nilpotent orbits and anomalies

F Baume, C Lawrie - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Many six-dimensional (1, 0) superconformal field theories (SCFTs) are known to fall into
families labeled by nilpotent orbits of certain simple Lie algebras. For each of the three …

Rank E-string on a torus with flux

S Pasquetti, SS Razamat, M Sacchi, G Zafrir - SciPost Physics, 2020 - scipost.org
We discuss compactifications of rank $ Q $ E-string theory on a torus with fluxes for abelian
subgroups of the $ E_8 $ global symmetry of the $6 d $ SCFT. We argue that the theories …

5d to 3d compactifications and discrete anomalies

M Sacchi, O Sela, G Zafrir - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 - Springer
A bstract Much insight into the dynamics of quantum field theories can be gained by studying
the relationship between field theories in different dimensions. An interesting observation is …

Rank E-string on spheres with flux

C Hwang, SS Razamat, E Sabag, M Sacchi - SciPost Physics, 2021 - scipost.org
We consider compactifications of rank $ Q $ E-string theory on a genus zero surface with no
punctures but with flux for various subgroups of the $\mathrm {E} _8\times\mathrm {SU}(2) …

On the 3d compactifications of 5d SCFTs associated with SU (N+ 1) gauge theories

M Sacchi, O Sela, G Zafrir - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract We study the 3d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 theories resulting from the compactification of a
family of 5d SCFTs on a torus with flux in the global symmetry. The family of 5d SCFTs used …

Sequences of 6d SCFTs on generic Riemann surfaces

SS Razamat, E Sabag - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020 - Springer
A bstract We consider compactifications of 6d minimal (D N+ 3, D N+ 3) type conformal
matter SCFTs on a generic Riemann surface. We derive the theories corresponding to three …