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IIB flux non-commutativity and the global structure of field theories

García Etxebarria, Iñaki; Heidenreich, Ben; Regalado, Diego

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Ben Heidenreich

Diego Regalado



Abstract

We discuss the origin of the choice of global structure for six dimensional (2, 0) theories and their compactifications in terms of their realization from IIB string theory on ALE spaces. We find that the ambiguity in the choice of global structure on the field theory side can be traced back to a subtle effect that needs to be taken into account when specifying boundary conditions at infinity in the IIB orbifold, namely the known non-commutativity of RR fluxes in spaces with torsion. As an example, we show how the classification of N = 4 theories by Aharony, Seiberg and Tachikawa can be understood in terms of choices of boundary conditions for RR fields in IIB. Along the way we encounter a formula for the fractional instanton number of N = 4 ADE theories in terms of the torsional linking pairing for rational homology spheres. We also consider six-dimensional (1, 0) theories, clarifying the rules for determining commutators of flux operators for discrete 2-form symmetries. Finally, we analyze the issue of global structure for four dimensional theories in the presence of duality defects.

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García Etxebarria, I., Heidenreich, B., & Regalado, D. (2019). IIB flux non-commutativity and the global structure of field theories. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019(10), Article 169. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282019%29169

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 25, 2019
Online Publication Date Oct 15, 2019
Publication Date Oct 31, 2019
Deposit Date Oct 23, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of High Energy Physics
Print ISSN 1126-6708
Publisher Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2019
Issue 10
Article Number 169
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282019%29169
Related Public URLs https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.08027v2

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