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Anomaly Multiplet Relations in Six Dimensions
Clay Cordova, Thomas T. Dumitrescu, Kenneth Intriligator
We consider conformal and 't Hooft anomalies in six-dimensional superconformal field theories, focusing on those conformal anomalies that determine the two- and th…
Anomaly Constraints on Gapped Phases with Discrete Chiral Symmetry
Clay Cordova, Kantaro Ohmori
We prove that in quantum field theories with symmetry, certain anomalies forbid a symmetry-preserving vacuum state with a gapped spectrum. In particular, th…
New de Sitter Solutions in Ten Dimensions and Orientifold Singularities
Clay Cordova, G. Bruno De Luca, Alessandro Tomasiello
In previous work, we found ten-dimensional solutions to the supergravity equations of motion with a dS factor and O8-planes. We generalize this analysis and obtain other soluti…
Decorated Symmetry Defects and Their Time-Reversal Anomalies
Clay Cordova, Kantaro Ohmori, Shu-Heng Shao +1
We discuss an isomorphism between the possible anomalies of -dimensional quantum field theories with unitary global symmetry, and those of -dimensional q…
Anomaly Obstructions to Symmetry Preserving Gapped Phases
Clay Cordova, Kantaro Ohmori
Anomalies are renormalization group invariants that constrain the dynamics of quantum field theories. We show that certain anomalies for discrete global symmetries imply that the u…
Anomalies in the Space of Coupling Constants and Their Dynamical Applications II
Clay Cordova, Daniel S. Freed, Ho Tat Lam +1
We extend our earlier work on anomalies in the space of coupling constants to four-dimensional gauge theories. Pure Yang-Mills theory (without matter) with a simple and simply conn…
Anomalies in the Space of Coupling Constants and Their Dynamical Applications I
Clay Cordova, Daniel S. Freed, Ho Tat Lam +1
It is customary to couple a quantum system to external classical fields. One application is to couple the global symmetries of the system (including the Poincaré symmetry) to backg…