Dualities from dualities: the sequential deconfinement technique
Authors
Bottini, LE
Hwang, C
Pasquetti, S
Sacchi, M
Publication Date
2022Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
ISSN
1029-8479
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
2022
Issue
5
Language
en
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Article
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Bottini, L., Hwang, C., Pasquetti, S., & Sacchi, M. (2022). Dualities from dualities: the sequential deconfinement technique. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 (5) https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2022)069
Abstract
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</jats:title><jats:p>It is an interesting question whether a given infra-red duality between quantum field theories can be explained in terms of other more elementary dualities. For example recently it has been shown that mirror dualities can be obtained by iterative applications of Seiberg-like dualities. In this paper we continue this line of investigation focusing on theories with tensor matter. In such cases one can apply the idea of deconfinement, which consists of trading the tensor matter for extra gauge nodes by means of a suitable elementary duality. This gives an auxiliary dual frame which can then be manipulated with further dualizations, in an iterative procedure eventually yielding an interesting dual description of the original theory. The sequential deconfinement technique has avatars in different areas of mathematical physics, such as the study of hypergeometric and elliptic hypergeometric integral identities or of 2<jats:italic>d</jats:italic> free field correlators. We discuss various examples in the context 4<jats:italic>d</jats:italic><jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$ \mathcal{N} $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
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Keywords
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics, Duality in Gauge Field Theories, Supersymmetric Gauge Theory, Supersymmetry and Duality
Identifiers
jhep05(2022)069, 18357
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2022)069
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/337085
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