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Non-invertible symmetries along 4d RG flows

par Damia, Jeremias Aguilera;Argurio, Riccardo ;Benini, Francesco;Benvenuti, Sergio;Copetti, Christian;Tizzano, Luigi
Référence The journal of high energy physics (Online), 2024, 2, 84
Publication Publié, 2024-02

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We explore novel examples of RG flows preserving a non-invertible self-duality symmetry. Our main focus is on N = 1 quadratic superpotential deformations of 4d N = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory with gauge algebra suN. A theory that can be obtained in this way is the so-called N = 1* SYM where all adjoint chiral multiplets have a mass. Such IR theory exhibits a rich structure of vacua which we thoroughly examine. Our analysis elucidates the physics of spontaneous breaking of self-duality symmetry occurring in the degenerate gapped vacua. The construction can be generalized, taking as UV starting point a theory of class S, to demonstrate how non-invertible self-duality symmetries exist in a variety of N = 1 SCFTs. We finally apply this understanding to prove that the conifold theory has a non-invertible self-duality symmetry.