The branes behind generalized symmetry operators

JJ Heckman, M Hübner, E Torres… - Fortschritte der …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The modern approach to m‐form global symmetries in ad‐dimensional quantum field theory
(QFT) entails specifying dimension d− m− 1 dm-1 topological generalized symmetry …

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 …

SymTrees and multi-sector QFTs

F Baume, JJ Heckman, M Hübner, E Torres… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The global symmetries of a $ D $-dimensional QFT can, in many cases, be captured in terms
of a $(D+ 1) $-dimensional symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT). In this work we …

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 …

Higgs branch of heterotic little string theories: Hasse diagrams and generalized symmetries

C Lawrie, L Mansi - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
We study the Higgs branches of the 6D (1, 0) little string theories that live on the world
volume of NS5-branes probing an ADE-singularity in the heterotic E 8× E 8 and Spin (32)/Z …

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 …

Infinitely many 4D SCFTs with and beyond

MJ Kang, C Lawrie, J Song - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We study a set of four-dimensional N= 2 superconformal field theories (SCFTs) Γ^(G)
labeled by a pair of simply laced Lie groups Γ and G. They are constructed out of gauging a …

Two 6D origins of 4D SCFTs: Class and 6D (1, 0) on a torus

F Baume, MJ Kang, C Lawrie - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
We consider all 4D N= 2 theories of class S arising from the compactification of exceptional
6D (2, 0) SCFTs on a three-punctured sphere with a simple puncture. We find that each of …

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 …

Distinguishing 6D (1, 0) SCFTs: An extension to the geometric construction

J Distler, MJ Kang, C Lawrie - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
We provide a new extension to the geometric construction of six-dimensional (6D)(1, 0)
superconformal field theories (SCFTs) that encapsulates Higgs branch structures with …