Non-abelian finite gauge theories
Author(s) -
Amihay Hanany,
YangHui He
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of high energy physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 261
eISSN - 1126-6708
pISSN - 1029-8479
DOI - 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/02/013
Subject(s) - quiver , abelian group , gauge theory , conjecture , pure mathematics , gauge group , mathematics , affine transformation , physics , invariant (physics) , mathematical physics
We study orbifolds of ${\cal N} = 4$ U(n) super-Yang-Mills theory given bydiscrete subgroups of SU(2) and SU(3). We have reached many interestingobservations that have graph-theoretic interpretations. For the subgroups ofSU(2), we have shown how the matter content agrees with current quiver theoriesand have offered a possible explanation. In the case of SU(3) we haveconstructed a catalogue of candidates for finite (chiral) ${\cal N}=1$theories, giving the gauge group and matter content. Finally, we conjecture aMcKay-type correspondence for Gorenstein singularities in dimension 3 withmodular invariants of WZW conformal models. This implies a connection between aclass of finite ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetric gauge theories in four dimensionsand the classification of affine SU(3) modular invariant partition functions intwo dimensions.Comment: 28 pages, 5 figs, 1 ref added, 1 table updated and some comments on binary dihedral groups adde
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