Remarks on the Higgs branch of 5d conformal matter

Journal article

Among the elementary building blocks in the atomic classification of 5d SCFTs there are 5d bifundamental conformal matter theories of various kinds. In this work we study the Higgs branch of these models and of the corresponding molecules arising from their fusion. To this aim we use two complementary independent strategies. On the one hand for the type A and D conformal matter, we identify dual (p, q) brane webs in IIB and exploit them to read off the corresponding magnetic quivers. On the other hand, we exploit circle reductions and study the resulting 4d N = 2 SCFTs, giving an alternative derivation of their Higgs branches which extend also to the E types.

Authors: De Marco, M; Del Zotto, M; Grimminger, JF; Sangiovanni, A

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Springer
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Volume: 2025
• Issue: 10
• Article number: 144
• Publication date: 2025-10-16
• Acceptance date: 2025-09-10
• DOI: 10.1007/jhep10(2025)144
• EISSN: 1029-8479
• ISSN: 1126-6708
• Language: English
• Keywords: Extended Supersymmetry; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; Supersymmetric Gauge Theory; Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories