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Antonio Amariti

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arXiv2023

BBBW on the spindle

We study the spindle compactification of families of AdS$_5$ consistent truncations corresponding to M5 branes wrapped on complex curves in Calabi-Yau three-folds. From the AdS/CFT correspondence these models are dual to $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFTs obtained by gluing of $T_N$ blocks. The truncations considered here have both vector and hyper multiplets and the analysis of the BPS equations on the spindle allows to extract the central charges. Such analysis gives also consistency conditions for the existence of the solutions. The solutions are then found both analytically and numerically for opportune choices of the charges for some sub-families of truncations. We then compare our results with the one expected from the field theory side, by integrating the anomaly polynomial.

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arXiv2023

Sporadic dualities from tensor deconfinement

In this paper we give a field theory explanation of two confining dualities that have been proposed in the literature based on exact results from supersymmetric localization. The first confining model under investigation is 4d $SU(N_c+1)$ SQCD with a conjugate rank-$2$ anti-symmetric tensor, $N_c+3$ anti-fundamentals, $2N_c$ fundamentals and a superpotential that couples the anti-symmetric tensor and the fundamentals. The second confining model studied here is $3d$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ $USp(4)$ gauge SQCD with two fundamentals, two rank-$2$ anti-symmetric tensors and vanishing superpotential. Here we prove that these models are confining by using the technique of deconfining the anti-symmetric tensors and then by flowing to the IR description by sequential dualities. As a bonus the analysis provides (alternative) proofs of the identities obtained from supersymmetric localization.

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arXiv2023

S-duality in the Cardy-like limit of the superconformal index

We evaluate the superconformal index of 4d $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM with gauge algebra $so(2N_c+1)$ in the Cardy-like limit. We then study the relation with the results obtained for the S-dual $usp(2N_c)$, discussing the fate of S-duality in different regions of charges. We find that S-duality is preserved thanks to a non-trivial integral identity that relates the three sphere partition functions of pure 3d Chern-Simons gauge theories.

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arXiv2023

Multi-planarizable quivers, orientifolds, and conformal dualities

We study orientifold projections of families of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ toric quiver gauge theories. We restrict to quivers that have the unusual property of being associated with multiple periodic planar diagrams which give rise, in general, to inequivalent models. A suitable orientifold projection relates a subfamily of the latter by conformal duality. That is, there exist exactly marginal deformations that connect the projected models. The deformations take the form of a sign flip in some of the superpotential interactions, similarly to the $β$-deformation of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM. Our construction generalizes previous results on the orientifold projections of the PdP$_{3b}$ and PdP$_{3c}$ singularities.

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arXiv2023

$T^{1,1}$ truncation on the spindle

We study the compactification of the $\mathcal{N}=2$ AdS$_5$ consistent truncation of the conifold, in presence of a Betti vector multiplet, on the spindle. We derive the BPS equations and solve them at the poles, computing the central charge for both the twist and the anti-twist class, turning on the magnetic charge associated to the baryonic symmetry. Then, in the anti-twist class, where there are choices of the quantized flux that give origin to a positive central charge, we numerically solve the BPS equations interpolating between the poles of the spindle. We conclude by comparing our results with the one obtained from the analysis of the dual field theory, finding an exact agreement.

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arXiv2023

One-form symmetries in $\mathcal{N} = 3$ $S$-folds

We classify the global one-form symmetries for non-Lagrangian $\mathcal{N}=3$ SCFTs that arise by the action of $S$-fold projections on D3-branes. Such a classification is dictated, on a generic point of the Coulomb branch, by probing the charge spectrum of $(p, q)$-strings in the brane setup. The charge lattice of lines is then obtained by finding the ones that are genuine modulo screening by dynamical particles. The one-form symmetries are then extracted from the maximal sub-lattices of mutually local lines. We further comment on the existence of non-invertible symmetries for some of these $\mathcal{N}=3$ SCFTs.

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arXiv2022

An intertwining between conformal dualities and ordinary dualities

We discuss and reinterpret a 4d conformal triality recently discovered in the literature in terms of ordinary Seiberg duality. We observe that a non-abelian global symmetry is explicitly realized by only two out of the three phase. We corroborate the result by matching the superconformal index in terms of an expansion on the fugacities.

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arXiv2022

Symplectic gauge group on the Lens Space

We compute the Lens space index for 4d supersymmetric gauge theories involving symplectic gauge groups. This index can distinguish between different gauge groups from a given algebra and it matches across theories related by supersymmetric dualities. We provide explicit calculations for $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM and for classes of $\mathcal{N}=2$ and $\mathcal{N}=1$ Lagrangian quivers related by S-duality. In these cases the index matches across the S-dual phases, while models in different S-duality orbits have a different Lens index. We provide analogous computations for a 4d $\mathcal{N}=1$ toric quiver gauge theory corresponding to a $\mathbb{Z}_7$ orbifold of $\mathbb{C}^3$. This $SU(n)^7$ gauge theory becomes interesting in the case of $n=2$ because it is conformally dual to other two models, with symplectic and unitary gauge groups, bifundamentals and antisymmetric tensors. We explicitly check this triality at the level of the Lens space index.

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arXiv2022

Kerr-Newman black holes from $\mathcal{N}=1^*$

The microstate counting of charged rotating AdS$_5$ supersymmetric black holes has been reformulated in terms of an extremization problem, obtained from the superconformal index of the 4d dual SCFT. On the gravitational side this problem corresponds to the attractor mechanism of the theory KK reduced on AdS$_4$. Such procedure has indeed been successfully applied to some consistent truncations with a known field theory dual description. In this paper we study the case of the Leigh-Strassler fixed point along these lines, finding an agreement between the field theory and the gravitational results.

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arXiv2022

Chiral dualities for SQCD$_{3}$ with D-type superpotential

We study dualities for $3d$ $\text{U}(N_{c})_k$ chiral SQCD with $D_{n+2}$-type superpotential, with $n$ odd. We give a complete classification of such dualities in terms of the number of fundamentals and anti-fundamentals and the Chern-Simons level. The classification is obtained by real mass and Higgs flows from non-chiral dualities and we check the consistency of the new non-chiral dualities at the level of the partition function. We we also check that the complex phases appearing in the integral identities between the partition functions are consistent with the contact terms computed as quantum corrections to the effective Chern-Simons level. The $\text{SU}(N_{c})_k$ cases are recovered by gauging the topological symmetry from the $\text{U}(N_{c})$ dualities. Finally, we consider the case of $\text{USp}(2N_{c})_{2k}$ with two antisymmetric tensors and $D_{n+2}$-type superpotential.

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arXiv2022

$\mathcal{N}=1$ conformal dualities from unoriented chiral quivers

We study various orientifold projections of 4d $\mathcal{N}=1$ toric gauge theories, associated with CY singularities known as $L^{a,b,a}/\mathbb{Z}_2$, with $a+b$ even. We obtain superconformal chiral theories that have the same central charge, anomalies and superconformal index, whereas they were different before the orientifold. Some of these projections are implemented by a novel type of orientifold without fixed loci, known as glide orientifold. We claim that these theories flow to the same conformal manifold, and they are connected by quadratic exactly marginal deformations. The latter can be written in terms of conjugate pairs of bifundamental fields of $R$-charge one, generalizing previous results for unoriented non-chiral theories.

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arXiv2022

Webs of 3d $\mathcal{N} = 2$ dualities with D-type superpotentials

We study 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ dualities arising from the compactification of 4d $\mathcal{N}=1$ $Usp(2 n)$ SQCD with two antisymmetric rank-two tensors and $D_{k+2}$-type superpotential, with odd $k$. The analysis is carried out by using field theory methods and by checking the various steps on the three sphere partition function. Most of the results are based on a conjectural confining duality that we do not prove but that fits consistently with the web of dualities that we obtain. Along the analysis we recover dualities already claimed in the literature and we propose new ones. The final picture that emerges fits with the general scheme worked out for ordinary SQCD and for adjoint SQCD with $A_k$-type superpotentials.

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arXiv2022

3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ SO/USp adjoint SQCD: s-confinement and exact identites

We study 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ SQCD with symplectic and orthogonal gauge groups and adjoint matter. For $USp(2n)$ with two fundamentals and $SO(N)$ with one vector these models have been recently shown to s-confine. Here we corroborate the validity of this proposal by relating it to the confinement of $USp(2n)$ with four fundamentals and an antisymmetric tensor, using exact mathematical results coming from the analysis of the partition function on the squashed three-sphere. Our analysis allows us to conjecture new s-confining theories for a higher number of fundamentals and vectors, in presence of linear monopole superpotentials. We then prove the new dualities through a chain of adjoint deconfinements and s-confining dualities.

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arXiv2022

Conformal S-dualities from O-planes

We study 4d SCFTs obtained by orientifold projections on necklace quivers with fractional branes. The models obtained by this procedure are $\mathcal{N}=1$ linear quivers with unitary, symplectic and orthogonal gauge groups, bifundamental and tensorial matter. Remarkably, models that are not dual in the unoriented case can have the same central charges and superconformal index after the projection. The reason for this behavior rests upon the ubiquitous presence of adjoint fields with R-charge one. We claim that the presence of such fields is at the origin of the notion of inherited S-duality on the models' conformal manifold.

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arXiv2021

Expanding on the Cardy-like limit of the superconformal index of 4d $\mathcal{N}=1$ ABCD SCFTs

We study the Cardy-like limit of the superconformal index of generic $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFTs with ABCD gauge algebra, providing strong evidence for a universal formula that captures the behavior of the index at finite order in the rank and in the fugacities associated to angular momenta. The formula extends previous results valid at lowest order, and generalizes them to generic SCFTs. We corroborate the validity of our proposal by studying several examples, beyond the well-understood toric class. We compute the index also for models without a weakly-coupled gravity dual, whose gravitational anomaly is not of order one.

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arXiv2021

$τ_{RR}$ minimization in presence of hypermultiplets

We compute $τ_{RR}$ minimization in gauged supergravity for M-theory and String Theory truncations with both massless and massive vector multiplets. We explicitly compute, as anticipated in \cite{Amariti:2015ybz}, that massive vector fields at the vacuum require the introduction of a constraint through a Lagrange multiplier. We illustrate this explicitly in two examples, namely the $U(1)^2$-invariant truncation dual to the mABJM model and the ISO(7) truncation in massive IIA, the latter being a theory with both electric and magnetic gauging. We revisit the vacuum constraints at $AdS_4$ and show how the supergravity analysis matches the results of the field theory dual computation.

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arXiv2021

3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ dualities for $SU(N_c)\times U(1)$ Chern-Simons gauge theories

We systematically study 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ dualities for $U(N_c)$ gauge theories with different CS levels for the abelian and the non-abelian factors. We derive such dualities by a gauging/ungauging procedure on other known dualities and by adding an opportune CS contact term for the baryonic symmetry. This allows us to follow the various steps on the three sphere partition function, obtaining exact identities among the new dual phases proposed here. We apply the procedure to various cases, namely SQCD without and with adjoint, chiral dualities and some sporadic cases arising from the real mass flow of models with an $E_7 \times U(1)$ enhancement of the global symmetry.

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The superconformal index of $\mathcal{N}=4$ $USp(2N_c)$ and $SO(N_c)$ SYM as a matrix integral

We study the superconformal index of 4d $\mathcal{N}=4$ $USp(2N_c)$ and $SO(N_c)$ SYM from a matrix model perspective. We focus on the Cardy-like limit of the index. Both in the symplectic and orthogonal case the index is dominated by a saddle point solution which we identify, reducing the calculation to a matrix integral of a pure Chern-Simons theory on the three-sphere. We further compute the subleading logarithmic corrections, which are of the order of the center of the gauge group. In the $USp(2N_c)$ case we also study other subleading saddles of the matrix integral. Finally we discuss the case of the Leigh-Strassler fixed point with $SU(N_c)$ gauge group, and we compute the entropy of the dual black hole from the Legendre transform of the entropy function.

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