Published February 5, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Superconformal indices of generalized Argyres-Douglas theories from 2d TQFT

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego,9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 (United States)

Description

We study superconformal indices of 4d N=2 class S theories with certain irregular punctures called type Ik,N. This class of theories include generalized Argyres-Douglas theories of type (Ak−1,AN−1) and more. We conjecture the superconformal indices in certain simplified limits based on the TQFT structure of the class S theories by writing an expression for the wave function corresponding to the puncture Ik,N. We write the Schur limit of the wave function when k and N are coprime. When k=2, we also conjecture a closed-form expression for the Hall-Littlewood index and the Macdonald index for odd N. From the index, we argue that certain short-multiplet which can appear in the OPE of the stress-energy tensor is absent in the (A1,A2n) theory. We also discuss the mixed Schur indices for the N=1 class S theories with irregular punctures.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2016)045; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/13786

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
02
Journal Page Range
p. 45
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48032373
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; GAUGE INVARIANCE; INDEXES; OPERATOR PRODUCT EXPANSION; PARTICLE MULTIPLETS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
DOCUMENT TYPES; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MULTIPLETS; SERIES EXPANSION

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Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP02(2016)045; ARXIV:1509.06730; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:13786
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)