Infrared Duality in Unoriented Pseudo del Pezzo

Abstract

We study the orientifold projections of the $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theories describing D3-branes probing the Pseudo del Pezzo singularities PdP${}_{3b}$ and PdP${}_{3c}$. The PdP${}_{3c}$ parent theory admits two inequivalent orientifolds. Exploiting $a$ maximization, we find that one of the two has an $a$-charge smaller than what one would expect from the orientifold projection, which suggests that the theory flows to the fixed point in the infrared. Surprisingly, the value of $a$ coincides with the charge of the unoriented PdP${}_{3b}$ and we interpret this as the sign of an infrared duality.

arXiv comment6 pages, 4 figures. In version 2, table added and discussion improved. Published in PLB

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