From free fields to interacting SCFTs via representation theory
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: A bstract We ask when it is possible to construct arbitrary unitary multiplets of the superconformal algebra with eight Poincaré supercharges that are compatible with locality from (continuous deformations of) representations in free field theories. We answer this question in two, three, and five dimensions. In four dimensions, we resort to an intricate but self-consistent web of conjectures. If correct, these conjectures imply various new non-perturbative constraints on short multiplets in any local unitary 4d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 superconformal field theory and on an unusual set of related vertex algebras. Throughout, we connect our results with properties of deformations in the space of theories.
Source: Journal of High Energy Physics
Authors: Matthew Buican, Hongliang Jiang
Institution: Queen Mary University of London
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Awards: G2125045770, G9000261967
OpenAlex ID: W4401993699