Higgs branch, Coulomb branch, and Hall-Littlewood index

MJ Kang, C Lawrie, KH Lee, M Sacchi, J Song - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
The Higgs branch of 4D N= 2 superconformal field theories can be analyzed via the Hilbert
series of the Higgs branch or, in special cases, by computing the Hall-Littlewood index. For …

The SL (2, ℤ) dualization algorithm at work

R Comi, C Hwang, F Marino, S Pasquetti… - Journal of High Energy …, 2023 - Springer
A bstract Recently an algorithm to dualize a theory into its mirror dual has been proposed,
both for 3d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 4 linear quivers and for their 4d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 1 uplift. This …

Probing bad theories with the dualization algorithm. Part I

S Giacomelli, C Hwang, F Marino, S Pasquetti… - Journal of High Energy …, 2024 - Springer
A bstract Recently an algorithm to build SL (2, ℤ) duals, including mirror duals, of
3d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 4 quiver theories and their 4d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 1 uplift has been …

Dualities from dualities: the sequential deconfinement technique

LE Bottini, C Hwang, S Pasquetti, M Sacchi - Journal of High Energy …, 2022 - Springer
A bstract It is an interesting question whether a given infra-red duality between quantum field
theories can be explained in terms of other more elementary dualities. For example recently …

Rethinking mirror symmetry as a local duality on fields

C Hwang, S Pasquetti, M Sacchi - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Rethinking mirror symmetry as a local duality on fields Page 1 Rethinking mirror symmetry as a
local duality on fields Chiung Hwang ,1,2,* Sara Pasquetti ,3,4,† and Matteo Sacchi 3,4,5,‡ …

S-confining gauge theories and supersymmetry enhancements

S Bajeot, S Benvenuti, M Sacchi - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 - Springer
A bstract We propose new classes of 4d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 1 S-confining gauge theories, with
a simple gauge group, rank-two matter and cubic superpotentials. The gauge group can be …

S-confinements from deconfinements

S Bajeot, S Benvenuti - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract We consider four dimensional\(\mathcal {N}\)= 1 gauge theories that are S-
confining, that is they are dual to a Wess-Zumino model. S-confining theories with a simple …

A panorama of physical mathematics c. 2022

I Bah, DS Freed, GW Moore, N Nekrasov… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
What follows is a broad-brush overview of the recent synergistic interactions between
mathematics and theoretical physics of quantum field theory and string theory. The …

Higgs branches of Argyres-Douglas theories as quiver varieties

A Dey - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 - Springer
A bstract We present a general prescription for constructing 3d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 4
Lagrangians for the IR SCFTs that arise from the circle reduction of a large class of Argyres …

Sequential deconfinement and self-dualities in 4d = 1 gauge theories

S Bajeot, S Benvenuti - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract We apply the technique of sequential deconfinement to the four
dimensional\(\mathcal {N}\)= 1 U sp (2N) gauge theory with an antisymmetric field and 2F …