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The BPS spectrum of the 4d \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) SCFT’s H 1, H 2, D 4, E 6, E 7, E 8

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Extending results of 1112.3984, we show that all rank 1 \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) SCFT’s in the sequence H 1, H 2, D 4 E 6, E 7, E 8 have canonical finite BPS chambers containing precisely 2h(F) = 12(∆ − 1) hypermultiplets. The BPS spectrum of the canonical BPS chambers saturates the conformal central charge c, and satisfies some intriguing numerology.

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    Michele Del Zotto

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Cecotti, S., Del Zotto, M. The BPS spectrum of the 4d \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) SCFT’s H 1, H 2, D 4, E 6, E 7, E 8 . J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 75 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2013)075

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