We study the four-dimensional N = 2 superconformal field theories that describe D3-branes probing the recently constructed N = 2 S-folds in F-theory. We introduce a novel, infinite class of superconformal field theories related to S-fold theories via partial Higgsing. We determine several properties of both the S-fold models and this new class of theories, including their central charges, Coulomb branch spectrum, and moduli spaces of vacua, by bringing to bear an array of field-theoretical techniques, to wit, torus-compactifications of six-dimensional N = (1, 0) theories, class S technology, and the SCFT/VOA correspondence.

New N = 2 superconformal field theories from S -folds / Giacomelli, Simone; Meneghelli, Carlo; Peelaers, Wolfger. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - (2021). [10.1007/JHEP01(2021)022]

New N = 2 superconformal field theories from S -folds

Meneghelli, Carlo
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2021-01-01

Abstract

We study the four-dimensional N = 2 superconformal field theories that describe D3-branes probing the recently constructed N = 2 S-folds in F-theory. We introduce a novel, infinite class of superconformal field theories related to S-fold theories via partial Higgsing. We determine several properties of both the S-fold models and this new class of theories, including their central charges, Coulomb branch spectrum, and moduli spaces of vacua, by bringing to bear an array of field-theoretical techniques, to wit, torus-compactifications of six-dimensional N = (1, 0) theories, class S technology, and the SCFT/VOA correspondence.
2021
New N = 2 superconformal field theories from S -folds / Giacomelli, Simone; Meneghelli, Carlo; Peelaers, Wolfger. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - (2021). [10.1007/JHEP01(2021)022]
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