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Argyres-Seiberg duality and the Higgs branch
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Argyres-Seiberg duality and the Higgs branch

Abstract

We demonstrate the agreement between the Higgs branches of two N=2 theories proposed by Argyres and Seiberg to be S-dual, namely the SU(3) gauge theory with six quarks, and the SU(2) gauge theory with one pair of quarks coupled to the superconformal theory with E_6 flavor symmetry. In mathematical terms, we demonstrate the equivalence between a hyperkaehler quotient of a linear space and another hyperkaehler quotient involving the minimal nilpotent orbit of E_6, modulo the identification of the twistor lines.

Authors

Gaiotto D; Neitzke A; Tachikawa Y

Publication date

October 24, 2008

DOI

10.48550/arxiv.0810.4541

Preprint server

arXiv
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