The center-flavor symmetry of a gauge theory specifies the global form of consistent gauge and flavor bundle background field configurations. For 6D gauge theories which arise from a tensor branch deformation of a superconformal field theory (SCFT), we determine the global structure of such background field configurations, including possible continuous Abelian symmetry and R-symmetry bundles. Proceeding to the conformal fixed point, this provides a prescription for reading off the global form of the continuous factors of the zero-form symmetry, including possible nontrivial mixing between flavor and R-symmetry. As an application, we show that this global structure leads to a large class of 4D N = 2 SCFTs obtained by compactifying on a T-2 in the presence of a topologically nontrivial flat flavor bundle characterized by an 't Hooft magnetic flux. The resulting "Stiefel-Whitney twisted" compactifications realize several new infinite families of 4DN = 2 SCFTs, and also furnish a 6D origin for a number of recently discovered rank one and two 4D N = 2 SCFTs.

Heckman, J.J., Lawrie, C., Lin, L., Zhang, H.Y., Zoccarato, G. (2022). 6D SCFTs, center-flavor symmetries, and Stiefel-Whitney compactifications. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 106(6), 1-53 [10.1103/PhysRevD.106.066003].

6D SCFTs, center-flavor symmetries, and Stiefel-Whitney compactifications

Lin, Ling;
2022

Abstract

The center-flavor symmetry of a gauge theory specifies the global form of consistent gauge and flavor bundle background field configurations. For 6D gauge theories which arise from a tensor branch deformation of a superconformal field theory (SCFT), we determine the global structure of such background field configurations, including possible continuous Abelian symmetry and R-symmetry bundles. Proceeding to the conformal fixed point, this provides a prescription for reading off the global form of the continuous factors of the zero-form symmetry, including possible nontrivial mixing between flavor and R-symmetry. As an application, we show that this global structure leads to a large class of 4D N = 2 SCFTs obtained by compactifying on a T-2 in the presence of a topologically nontrivial flat flavor bundle characterized by an 't Hooft magnetic flux. The resulting "Stiefel-Whitney twisted" compactifications realize several new infinite families of 4DN = 2 SCFTs, and also furnish a 6D origin for a number of recently discovered rank one and two 4D N = 2 SCFTs.
2022
Heckman, J.J., Lawrie, C., Lin, L., Zhang, H.Y., Zoccarato, G. (2022). 6D SCFTs, center-flavor symmetries, and Stiefel-Whitney compactifications. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 106(6), 1-53 [10.1103/PhysRevD.106.066003].
Heckman, Jonathan J.; Lawrie, Craig; Lin, Ling; Zhang, Hao Y.; Zoccarato, Gianluca
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