A new duality between N = 8 superconformal field theories in three dimensions

Nathan B. Agmon; Shai M. Chester; Silviu S. Pufu

doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2018)005

A new duality between N = 8 superconformal field theories in three dimensions

Nathan B. Agmon, Shai M. Chester, Silviu S. Pufu

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We propose a new duality between two 3d N = 8 superconformal Chern-Simons-matter theories: the U(3)₁ × U(3)₋₁ ABJM theory and a theory consisting of the product between the (SU(2)₃ × SU(2)_{− 3})/ℤ₂ BLG theory and a free N = 8 theory of eight real scalars and eight Majorana fermions. As evidence supporting this duality, we show that the moduli spaces, superconformal indices, S³ partition functions, and certain OPE coefficients of BPS operators in the two theories agree.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2018
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2018)005
State	Published - Jun 1 2018

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Extended Supersymmetry
Supersymmetry and Duality

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