Flavor symmetries and the problem of squark degeneracy

1993 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 4269-4274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Dine ◽  
Robert Leigh ◽  
Alex Kagan
Keyword(s):  
Flavor Symmetries

scholarly journals W algebras, cosets and VOAs for 4d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 SCFTs from M5 branes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Xie ◽  
Wenbin Yan
Keyword(s):  
Vertex Operator ◽  
Operator Algebras ◽  
Nilpotent Orbit ◽  
Vertex Operator Algebras ◽  
Flavor Symmetries ◽  
Conformal Embedding

Abstract We identify vertex operator algebras (VOAs) of a class of Argyres-Douglas (AD) matters with two types of non-abelian flavor symmetries. They are the W algebras defined using nilpotent orbit with partition [qm, 1s]. Gauging above AD matters, we can find VOAs for more general $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 SCFTs engineered from 6d (2, 0) theories. For example, the VOA for general (AN − 1, Ak − 1) theory is found as the coset of a collection of above W algebras. Various new interesting properties of 2d VOAs such as level-rank duality, conformal embedding, collapsing levels, coset constructions for known VOAs can be derived from 4d theory.

scholarly journals Metaplectic flavor symmetries from magnetized tori

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yahya Almumin ◽  
Mu-Chun Chen ◽  
Víctor Knapp-Pérez ◽  
Saúl Ramos-Sánchez ◽  
Michael Ratz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Zero Mode ◽  
Metaplectic Groups ◽  
Common Multiple ◽  
Least Common Multiple ◽  
Yukawa Couplings ◽  
Flavor Symmetries ◽  
Euler’S Theorem ◽  
Modular Transformations ◽  
Analytic Expressions ◽  
Geometric Picture

Abstract We revisit the flavor symmetries arising from compactifications on tori with magnetic background fluxes. Using Euler’s Theorem, we derive closed form analytic expressions for the Yukawa couplings that are valid for arbitrary flux parameters. We discuss the modular transformations for even and odd units of magnetic flux, M, and show that they give rise to finite metaplectic groups the order of which is determined by the least common multiple of the number of zero-mode flavors involved. Unlike in models in which modular flavor symmetries are postulated, in this approach they derive from an underlying torus. This allows us to retain control over parameters, such as those governing the kinetic terms, that are free in the bottom-up approach, thus leading to an increased predictivity. In addition, the geometric picture allows us to understand the relative suppression of Yukawa couplings from their localization properties in the compact space. We also comment on the role supersymmetry plays in these constructions, and outline a path towards non-supersymmetric models with modular flavor symmetries.

scholarly journals (5d RG-flow) trees in the tropical rain forest

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke van Beest ◽  
Antoine Bourget ◽  
Julius Eckhard ◽  
Sakura Schäfer-Nameki
Keyword(s):  
Large Class ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Flavor Symmetry ◽  
Superconformal Field Theories ◽  
Hasse Diagrams ◽  
Flavor Symmetries ◽  
Rank 2 ◽  
Mass Deformation

Abstract 5d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) can be obtained from 6d SCFTs by circle compactification and mass deformation. Successive decoupling of hypermultiplet matter and RG-flow generates a decoupling tree of descendant 5d SCFTs. In this paper we determine the magnetic quivers and Hasse diagrams, that encode the Higgs branches of 5d SCFTs, for entire decoupling trees. Central to this undertaking is the approach in [1], which, starting from the generalized toric polygons (GTPs) dual to 5-brane webs/tropical curves, provides a systematic and succinct derivation of magnetic quivers and their Hasse diagrams. The decoupling in the GTP description is straightforward, and generalizes the standard flop transitions of curves in toric polygons. We apply this approach to a large class of 5d KK-theories, and compute the Higgs branches for their descendants. In particular we determine the decoupling tree for all rank 2 5d SCFTs. For each tree, we also identify the flavor symmetry algebras from the magnetic quivers, including non-simply-laced flavor symmetries.

Discrete flavor symmetries and a formula for the cabibbo angle

1977 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Wilczek ◽  
Z. Zee
Keyword(s):  
Cabibbo Angle ◽  
Flavor Symmetries

scholarly journals Stringy origin of non-Abelian discrete flavor symmetries

2007 ◽  
Vol 768 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 135-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuo Kobayashi ◽  
Hans Peter Nilles ◽  
Felix Plöger ◽  
Stuart Raby ◽  
Michael Ratz
Keyword(s):  
Flavor Symmetries

Constraints on Flavor Symmetries from Flavor Violation

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörn Kersten ◽  
George Alverson ◽  
Pran Nath ◽  
Brent Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Flavor Violation ◽  
Flavor Symmetries

scholarly journals Symplectic modular symmetry in heterotic string vacua: flavor, CP, and R-symmetries

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiya Ishiguro ◽  
Tatsuo Kobayashi ◽  
Hajime Otsuka
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Common Origin ◽  
Heterotic String ◽  
Discrete Groups ◽  
Heterotic String Theory ◽  
Flavor Symmetries ◽  
Cp Symmetry

Abstract We examine a common origin of four-dimensional flavor, CP, and U(1)R symmetries in the context of heterotic string theory with standard embedding. We find that flavor and U(1)R symmetries are unified into the Sp(2h + 2, ℂ) modular symmetries of Calabi-Yau threefolds with h being the number of moduli fields. Together with the $$ {\mathbb{Z}}_2^{\mathrm{CP}} $$ ℤ 2 CP CP symmetry, they are enhanced to GSp(2h + 2, ℂ) ≃ Sp(2h + 2, ℂ) ⋊ $$ {\mathbb{Z}}_2^{\mathrm{CP}} $$ ℤ 2 CP generalized symplectic modular symmetry. We exemplify the S3, S4, T′, S9 non-Abelian flavor symmetries on explicit toroidal orbifolds with and without resolutions and ℤ2, S4 flavor symmetries on three-parameter examples of Calabi-Yau threefolds. Thus, non-trivial flavor symmetries appear in not only the exact orbifold limit but also a certain class of Calabi-Yau three-folds. These flavor symmetries are further enlarged to non-Abelian discrete groups by the CP symmetry.

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