The small E-8 instanton and the Kraft Procesi transition
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Author(s)
Hanany, Amihay
Mekareeya, Noppadol
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
One of the simplest (1, 0) supersymmetric theories in six dimensions lives on the world volume of one M5 brane at a D type singularity ℂ2/Dk. The low energy theory is given by an SQCD theory with Sp(k − 4) gauge group, a precise number of 2k flavors which is anomaly free, and a scale which is set by the inverse gauge coupling. The Higgs branch at finite coupling ℋ is a closure of a nilpotent orbit of D2k and develops many more flat directions as the inverse gauge coupling is set to zero (violating a standard lore that wrongly claims the Higgs branch remains classical). The quaternionic dimension grows by 29 for any k and the Higgs branch stops being a closure of a nilpotent orbit for k > 4, with an exception of k = 4 where it becomes min 8¯, the closure of the minimal nilpotent orbit of E8, thus having a rare phenomenon of flavor symmetry enhancement in six dimensions. Geometrically, the natural inclusion of ℋ ⊂ℋ∞ fits into the Brieskorn Slodowy theory of transverse slices, and the transverse slice is computed to be min 8¯ for any k > 3. This is identified with the well known small E8 instanton transition where 1 tensor multiplet is traded with 29 hypermultiplets, thus giving a physical interpretation to the geometric theory. By the analogy with the classical case, we call this the Kraft Procesi transition.
Date Issued
2018-07-16
Date Acceptance
2018-07-06
Citation
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018, 2018 (7)
ISSN
1029-8479
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Journal / Book Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume
2018
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
Supersymmetric Gauge Theory
Supersymmetry and Duality
RG FIXED-POINTS
6 DIMENSIONS
ORBIFOLD SINGULARITIES
BRANES
DUALITY
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
98
Date Publish Online
2018-07-16