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We propose new confining dualities in 3d \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 gauge theories with orthogonal gauge groups, with and without monopole superpotentials. Deriving some of those dualities requires a sequence of gauging and Higgsing for a ℤ2 symmetry. This prevents the gauge theory from developing a smooth quantum moduli space and affects the global structure of the gauge group, muting it from SO to O+.
The confining dualities provide tools to deconfine fields transforming in the symmetric rank-2 representation of classical gauge groups. As an application, we propose and derive S-confining dualities for SO(N) (Sp(N)) gauge theories with an adjoint and 1 (2) fundamentals, respectively. From these S-confining dualities, we readily obtain various duality appetizers and the 3d mirror of A2N Argyres-Douglas theories.
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We are grateful to Ivan Garozzo for his collaboration in the initial stage of this work and invaluable discussions. We thank Francesco Benini for useful conversations. We are grateful to Matteo Sacchi for useful remarks about the duality (7.4). SB is partially supported by the INFN Research Project GAST. GLM has been supported by the ERC Consolidator Grant number 772408 “String landscape”.
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Benvenuti, S., Monaco, G.L. A toolkit for ortho-symplectic dualities. J. High Energ. Phys. 2023, 2 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2023)002
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