N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 Orbi-S-Folds
Abstract We introduce a new class of non-compact backgrounds of Type IIB string theory preserving eight supercharges by combining S-folds and non-perturbative 7-branes wrapping orbifolds, and study the four-dimensional superconformal field theories arising at low energy on D3-branes probing them. We...
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| author | Simone Giacomelli Raffaele Savelli Gianluca Zoccarato |
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| description | Abstract We introduce a new class of non-compact backgrounds of Type IIB string theory preserving eight supercharges by combining S-folds and non-perturbative 7-branes wrapping orbifolds, and study the four-dimensional superconformal field theories arising at low energy on D3-branes probing them. We draw a precise correspondence between this setup and the torus compactification of six-dimensional orbi-instanton theories with a Stiefel-Whitney twist, and use it to determine the main features of such strongly-coupled systems, like central charges, spectra of Coulomb-branch operators, networks of Higgs-branch flows. Finally, with the aim to improve our understanding of the landscape of N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 superconformal field theories, and possibly to extend their classification beyond rank two, we provide a detailed catalogue of all the rank-three theories that our framework gives access to. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d99f75e3ef7347dcb036bcecb338a04a2025-01-19T12:07:24ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-01-012025118410.1007/JHEP01(2025)059N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 Orbi-S-FoldsSimone Giacomelli0Raffaele Savelli1Gianluca Zoccarato2Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano-BicoccaDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata” & INFN, sezione di Roma “Tor Vergata”Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata” & INFN, sezione di Roma “Tor Vergata”Abstract We introduce a new class of non-compact backgrounds of Type IIB string theory preserving eight supercharges by combining S-folds and non-perturbative 7-branes wrapping orbifolds, and study the four-dimensional superconformal field theories arising at low energy on D3-branes probing them. We draw a precise correspondence between this setup and the torus compactification of six-dimensional orbi-instanton theories with a Stiefel-Whitney twist, and use it to determine the main features of such strongly-coupled systems, like central charges, spectra of Coulomb-branch operators, networks of Higgs-branch flows. Finally, with the aim to improve our understanding of the landscape of N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 superconformal field theories, and possibly to extend their classification beyond rank two, we provide a detailed catalogue of all the rank-three theories that our framework gives access to.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2025)059Conformal Field Models in String TheoryGlobal SymmetriesF-TheorySupersymmetric Gauge Theory |
| spellingShingle | Simone Giacomelli Raffaele Savelli Gianluca Zoccarato N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 Orbi-S-Folds Journal of High Energy Physics Conformal Field Models in String Theory Global Symmetries F-Theory Supersymmetric Gauge Theory |
| title | N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 Orbi-S-Folds |
| title_full | N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 Orbi-S-Folds |
| title_fullStr | N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 Orbi-S-Folds |
| title_full_unstemmed | N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 Orbi-S-Folds |
| title_short | N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 Orbi-S-Folds |
| title_sort | n mathcal n 2 orbi s folds |
| topic | Conformal Field Models in String Theory Global Symmetries F-Theory Supersymmetric Gauge Theory |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2025)059 |
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