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We study \( \mathcal{N} = {2} \) supersymmetric SU(2) gauge theories coupled to non-Lagrangian superconformal field theories induced by compactifying the six dimensional A1 (2,0) theory on Riemann surfaces with irregular punctures. These are naturally associated to Hitchin systems with wild ramification whose spectral curves provide the relevant Seiberg-Witten geometries. We propose that the prepotential of these gauge theories on the Ω-background can be obtained from the corresponding irregular conformal blocks on the Riemann surfaces via a generalization of the coherent state construction to the case of higher order singularities.

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Bonelli, G., Maruyoshi, K. & Tanzini, A. Wild quiver gauge theories. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 31 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2012)031

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