$$ \mathcal{N}=1 $$ deformations and RG flows of $$ \mathcal{N}=2 $$ SCFTs
Here, we study certain $$ \mathcal{N}=1 $$ preserving deformations of four-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N}=2 $$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) with non-abelian flavor symmetry. The deformation is described by adding an $$ \mathcal{N}=1 $$ chiral multiplet transforming in the adjoint representation of the flavor symmetry with a superpotential coupling, and giving a nilpotent vacuum expectation value to the chiral multiplet which breaks the flavor symmetry. This triggers a renormalization group flow to an infrared SCFT. Remarkably, we find classes of theories flow to enhanced $$ \mathcal{N}=2 $$ supersymmetric fixed points in the infrared under the deformation. They include generalized Argyres-Douglas theories and rank-one SCFTs with non-abelian flavor symmetries. Most notably, we find renormalization group flows from the deformed conformal SQCDs to the ( A1,An) Argyres-Douglas theories. From these "Lagrangian descriptions," we compute the full superconformal indices of the ( A1,An) theories and find agreements with the previous results. Furthermore, we study the cases, including the TN and R0,N theories of class S and some of rank-one SCFTs, where the deformation gives genuine $$ \mathcal{N}=1 $$ fixed points.
- Authors:
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[1]
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[2]
- Imperial College, London (United Kingdom); Seikei Univ., Tokyo (Japan)
- Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0009919
- Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2017; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin
- Research Org:
- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States); Imperial College London, London (United Kingdom)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; supersymmetric gauge theory; F-theory; global symmetry; duality; QCD; conformal field theory; renormalization group; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1356082
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1358375
- Free Publicly Accessible Full Text
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Accepted Manuscript (DOE)
- Publisher's Version of Record
- https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2017)075