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In this work we present a new class of \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 supersymmetric confining gauge theories, with strikingly simple infrared theories that descend from intricate interconnected networks of product gauge groups. A diagram of the gauge groups and the charged matter content of the ultraviolet theory has the structure of a triangular lattice, with SU(N) or SU(3N) gauge groups at each of the vertices, connected by bifundamental chiral superfields. This structure admits a U(1)R conserving superpotential with marginal (trilinear) operators. With the introduction of this superpotential, the SU(3N) and SU(N) gauge groups confine: in the far infrared limit of the supersymmetric theory, the relevant degrees of freedom are gauge invariant “mesons” and “baryons.” In this paper we show how the properties of the infrared degrees of freedom depend on the topology and shape of the moose/quiver “lattice” of the original gauge theory. Between the local structure of the moose lattice at higher energies, and the boundary dependence that emerges in the infrared, the 4d moose lattice theory reproduces features of a 6d spacetime with two compact dimensions. We investigate various deformations of the theory, and propose some phenomenological applications for BSM models.
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Lillard, B. Confinement on the moose lattice. J. High Energ. Phys. 2022, 125 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2022)125
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