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NILPOTENT ORBITS AND CODIMENSION-2 DEFECTS OF 6d${\mathcal N} = (2, 0)$ THEORIES

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: We study the local properties of a class of codimension-2 defects of the 6d [Formula: see text] theories of type J = A, D, E labeled by nilpotent orbits of a Lie algebra [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is determined by J and the outer-automorphism twist around the defect. This class is a natural generalization of the defects of the six-dimensional (6d) theory of type SU (N) labeled by a Young diagram with N boxes. For any of these defects, we determine its contribution to the dimension of the Higgs branch, to the Coulomb branch operators and their scaling dimensions, to the four-dimensional (4d) central charges a and c and to the flavor central charge k.

Source: International Journal of Modern Physics A

DOI: 10.1142/s0217751x1340006x

Authors: OSCAR CHACALTANA, JACQUES DISTLER, YUJI TACHIKAWA

Institutions: ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), The University of Texas at Austin, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2951919349

FWCI: 12.53

Cites: 77

Cited by: 215

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