Non-abelian finite gauge theories

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Published 28 May 1999 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Amihay Hanany and Yang-Hui He JHEP02(1999)013 DOI 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/02/013

1126-6708/1999/02/013

Abstract

We study orbifolds of Script N = 4 U(n) super-Yang-Mills theory given by discrete subgroups of SU(2) and SU(3). We have reached many interesting observations that have graph-theoretic interpretations. For the subgroups of SU(2), we have shown how the matter content agrees with current quiver theories and have offered a possible explanation. In the case of SU(3) we have constructed a catalogue of candidates for finite (chiral) Script N = 1 theories, giving the gauge group and matter content. Finally, we conjecture a McKay-type correspondence for Gorenstein singularities in dimension 3 with modular invariants of WZW conformal models. This implies a connection between a class of finite Script N = 1 supersymmetric gauge theories in four dimensions and the classification of affine SU(3) modular invariant partition functions in two dimensions.

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