N=3 four dimensional field theories

García-Etxebarria, Iñaki; Regalado, Diego

Abstract

We introduce a class of four dimensional field theories constructed by quotienting ordinary N=4 U(N ) SYM by particular combinations of R-symmetry and SL(2, ℤ) automorphisms. These theories appear naturally on the worldvolume of D3 branes probing terminal singularities in F-theory, where they can be thought of as non-perturbative generalizations of the O3 plane. We focus on cases preserving only 12 supercharges, where the quotient gives rise to theories with coupling fixed at a value of order one. These constructions possess an unconventional large N limit described by a non-trivial F-theory fibration with base AdS 5 × (S 5/ℤ k ). Upon reduction on a circle the N=3 theories flow to well-known N=6 ABJM theories.

Citation

García-Etxebarria, I., & Regalado, D. (2016). N=3 four dimensional field theories. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(03), Article 083. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep03%282016%29083

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 29, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Mar 14, 2016
• Publication Date: 2016-01
• Deposit Date: Oct 11, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 13, 2021
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Print ISSN: 1126-6708
• Electronic ISSN: 1029-8479
• Publisher: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2016
• Issue: 03
• Article Number: 083
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep03%282016%29083
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1312176
• Related Public URLs: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.06434