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Aharony dualities for 3d theories with adjoint matter

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We study Aharony dualities for 3d N = 2 gauge theories of classical gauge group with one adjoint and fundamental matters. We work out the 3d superconformal index for the dual pairs to find the perfect matchings. Along with it, we enumerate the independent monopole operators parametrizing the Coulomb branches and confirm the nonperturbative truncation of the chiral rings, consistent with the proposed dualities.

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    Jaemo Park

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Kim, H., Park, J. Aharony dualities for 3d theories with adjoint matter. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 106 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2013)106

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