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6 papers

hep-th2026

Quantum Flat Connections, KZ equations, and Integrability

Sibasish Banerjee, Babak Haghighat, Anouchah Latifi

N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories are described in terms of a Hitchin system over a Riemann surface C. Focusing on strongly coupled Argyres-Douglas theories, we show that the…

hep-th2024

Non-Invertible Surface Defects in 2+1d QFTs from Half Spacetime Gauging

Wei Cui, Babak Haghighat, Lorenzo Ruggeri

We study duality defects in 2+1d theories with $\bZ^{(0)}_N\times\bZ^{(1)}_N$ global symmetry and trivial mixed 't Hooft anomaly. By gauging these symmetries simultaneously in half…

hep-th2024

MSW-type compactifications of 6d SCFTs on 4-manifolds

Jin Chen, Zhuo Chen, Wei Cui +1

In this work, we study compactifications of 6d SCFTs, in particular those of conformal matter type, on Kähler 4-manifolds. We show how this can be realized via wrapping M5…

hep-th2024

Modularity of Vafa-Witten Partition Functions from SymTFT

Jin Chen, Wei Cui, Babak Haghighat +1

The 6d (2,0) theory of M5 branes compactified on the product geometry , where is a Kähler 4-manifold, can be studied in two different limits. In one limit, th…

hep-th2024

Lecture Notes on Generalized Symmetries and Applications

Ran Luo, Qing-Rui Wang, Yi-Nan Wang

In this lecture note, we give a basic introduction to the rapidly developing concepts of generalized symmetries, from the perspectives of both high energy physics and condensed mat…

hep-th2024

Topological Defect Lines in bosonized Parafermionic CFTs

Babak Haghighat, Youran Sun

Topological defect lines (TDLs) are extended line operators which act on the Hilbert space of two-dimensional CFTs and satisfy non-trivial fusion algebras when forming junctions. A…