Anomaly matching on the Higgs branch

Abstract We point out that we can almost always determine by the anomaly matching the full anomaly polynomial of a supersymmetric theory in 2d, 4d or 6d if we assume that its Higgs branch is the one-instanton moduli space of some group G. This method not only provides by far the simplest method to c...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yuji Tachikawa, Gabi Zafrir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP12(2017)127
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Summary:Abstract We point out that we can almost always determine by the anomaly matching the full anomaly polynomial of a supersymmetric theory in 2d, 4d or 6d if we assume that its Higgs branch is the one-instanton moduli space of some group G. This method not only provides by far the simplest method to compute the central charges of known theories of this class, e.g. 4d E 6,7,8 theories of Minahan and Nemeschansky or the 6d E-string theory, but also gives us new pieces of information about unknown theories of this class.
ISSN:1029-8479