Towards a classification of rank \(r\mathcal{N} = 2\) SCFTs. II: Special Kähler stratification of the Coulomb branch
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Publication:2660194
DOI10.1007/JHEP12(2020)022zbMATH Open1457.81096arXiv2007.00012MaRDI QIDQ2660194
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Publication date: 29 March 2021
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Abstract: We study the stratification of the singular locus of four dimensional Coulomb branches. We present a set of self-consistency conditions on this stratification which can be used to extend the classification of scale-invariant rank 1 Coulomb branch geometries to two complex dimensions, and beyond. The calculational simplicity of the arguments presented here stems from the fact that the main ingredients needed -- the rank 1 deformation patterns and the pattern of inclusions of rank 2 strata -- are discrete topological data which satisfy strong self-consistency conditions through their relationship to the central charges of the SCFT. This relationship of the stratification data to the central charges is used here, but is derived and explained in a companion paper by one of the authors. We illustrate the use of these conditions by re-analyzing many previously-known examples of rank 2 SCFTs, and also by finding examples of new theories. The power of these conditions stems from the fact that for Coulomb branch stratifications a conjecturally complete list of physically allowed "elementary slices" is known. By contrast, constraining the possible elementary slices of symplectic singularities relevant for Higgs branch stratifications remains an open problem.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.00012
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