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most cited5-Brane Webs, Symmetry Enhancement, and Duality in 5d Supersymmetric Gauge Theory

139 citations · 2k across the 55 of their papers we have counts for

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57 papers

hep-th2026

Orbi-Instantons and Class Theories of Type D

Jiakang Bao, Noppadol Mekareeya, Gabi Zafrir +1

We investigate the landscape of 6d D-type orbi-instanton superconformal field theories (SCFTs) and their torus compactifications to four-dimensional class $\mat…

hep-th2025

Generalized symmetries and the dimensional reduction of 6d so SCFTs

Gabi Zafrir

We consider the dimensional reduction on a torus of the family of 6d SCFTs UV completing an gauge theory with vector hypermultiplets. These SCFTs are known to…

hep-th2024

SCFTs and quaternionic reflection groups

Anirudh Deb, Gabi Zafrir

It was previously noted that for 3d SCFTs with the moduli space has the form of , where is a complex reflection group, at least following…

hep-th2024

Dimensionally Reducing Generalized Symmetries from (3+1)-Dimensions

Emily Nardoni, Matteo Sacchi, Orr Sela +2

Recently there has been an increasing interest in the study of generalized symmetries in dimensions higher than two. This has lead to the discovery of various manifestations of gen…

hep-th2023★ 1 cited

Superconformal indices for non-Lagrangian theories in five dimensions

Hee-Cheol Kim, Minsung Kim, Sung-Soo Kim +1

We propose two novel methods for computing the superconformal index of 5d superconformal field theories that cannot be described by conventional Lagrangian descriptions under mass…

hep-th2023

5d to 3d compactifications and discrete anomalies

Matteo Sacchi, Orr Sela, Gabi Zafrir

Much insight into the dynamics of quantum field theories can be gained by studying the relationship between field theories in different dimensions. An interesting observation is th…

hep-th2023★ 8 cited

Symmetry TFTs and Anomalies of Non-Invertible Symmetries

Justin Kaidi, Emily Nardoni, Gabi Zafrir +1

It is known that the 't Hooft anomalies of invertible global symmetries can be characterized by an invertible TQFT in one higher dimension. The analogous statement remains to be un…

hep-th2023★ 6 cited

Trinions for the compactification of the rank 1 SCFTs

Matteo Sacchi, Orr Sela, Gabi Zafrir

Many interesting phenomena in quantum field theory such as dualities and symmetry enhancements can be understood using higher dimensional constructions. In this paper, we study com…

hep-th2022★ 120 cited

Non-Invertible Symmetries of SYM and Twisted Compactification

Justin Kaidi, Gabi Zafrir, Yunqin Zheng

Non-invertible symmetries have recently been understood to provide interesting contraints on RG flows of QFTs. In this work, we show how non-invertible symmetries can also be used…

hep-th2022

Aspects of 4d supersymmetric dynamics and geometry

Shlomo S. Razamat, Evyatar Sabag, Orr Sela +1

In this set of five lectures we present a basic toolbox to discuss the dynamics of four dimensional supersymmetric quantum field theories. In particular we overview the program of…

hep-th2022★ 7 cited

Exceptional moduli spaces for exceptional theories

Justin Kaidi, Mario Martone, Gabi Zafrir

It is expected on general grounds that the moduli space of 4d theories is of the form , with the rank and a crystallographic complex refl…

hep-th2021★ 15 cited

On the 3d compactifications of 5d SCFTs associated with SU(N+1) gauge theories

Matteo Sacchi, Orr Sela, Gabi Zafrir

We study the theories resulting from the compactification of a family of SCFTs on a torus with flux in the global symmetry. The family of SCFTs used…

hep-th2021★ 33 cited

Magnetic quivers for rank 2 theories

Antoine Bourget, Julius F. Grimminger, Mario Martone +1

In this note we construct magnetic quivers for the known rank-2 four dimensional superconformal field theories. For every rank-1 theory one can find a unitary magne…

hep-th2021★ 19 cited

On the compactification of 5d theories to 4d

Mario Martone, Gabi Zafrir

We study general properties of the mapping between 5 and 4 superconformal field theories (SCFTs) under both twisted circle compactification and tuning of local relevant defor…

hep-th2021★ 4 cited

Compactifying 5d superconformal field theories to 3d

Matteo Sacchi, Orr Sela, Gabi Zafrir

Building on recent progress in the study of compactifications of superconformal field theories (SCFTs) on Riemann surfaces to theories, we initiat…

hep-th2020

More on S-folds

Simone Giacomelli, Mario Martone, Yuji Tachikawa +1

We carry out a systematic study of 4d preserving S-folds of F-theory 7-branes and the worldvolume theories on D3-branes probing them. They consist of two infinite…

hep-th2020★ 25 cited

An N=1 Lagrangian for an N=3 SCFT

Gabi Zafrir

We propose that a certain gauge theory flows in the IR to an SCFT plus a single free chiral field. The specific $\mathcal{N…

hep-th2020★ 64 cited

Magnetic quivers for rank 1 theories

Antoine Bourget, Julius F. Grimminger, Amihay Hanany +3

Magnetic quivers and Hasse diagrams for Higgs branches of rank 1 SCFTs are provided. These rank 1 theories fit naturally into families of higher rank theories,…

hep-th2020★ 21 cited

Weakly coupled conformal manifolds in 4d

Shlomo S. Razamat, Evyatar Sabag, Gabi Zafrir

We classify gauge theories with simple gauge groups in four dimensions which possess a conformal manifold passing through weak coupling. A very rich variety of models…

hep-th2020★ 63 cited

Generalized symmetries and holography in ABJM-type theories

Oren Bergman, Yuji Tachikawa, Gabi Zafrir

We revisit the N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons-matter theories and their supergravity duals in the context of generalized symmetries. This allows us to finally clarify how the $SU(…

hep-th2020★ 15 cited

Symmetry enhancement and duality walls in 5d gauge theories

Ivan Garozzo, Noppadol Mekareeya, Matteo Sacchi +1

Gauge theories in four dimensions can exhibit interesting low energy phenomena, such as infrared enhancements of global symmetry. We explore a class of 4d N=1 gauge theories arisin…

hep-th2020★ 60 cited

Classification of 5d N=1 gauge theories

Lakshya Bhardwaj, Gabi Zafrir

We classify 5d N=1 gauge theories carrying a simple gauge group that can arise by mass-deforming 5d SCFTs and 6d SCFTs (compactified on a circle, possibly with a twist). For theori…

hep-th2019★ 25 cited

An N=1 Lagrangian for the rank 1 E6 superconformal theory

Gabi Zafrir

We propose that a certain gauge theory flows in the IR to the rank strongly coupled SCFT with global symmetry and free c…

hep-th2019★ 18 cited

Symmetry enhancement in 4d Spin(n) gauge theories and compactification from 6d

Orr Sela, Gabi Zafrir

We consider a known sequence of dualities involving theories with gauge groups and use it to construct a new sequence of models exhibiting IR symmetry e…