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We study the four-dimensional \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 superconformal field theories that describe D3-branes probing the recently constructed \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 \( \mathcal{S} \)-folds in F-theory. We introduce a novel, infinite class of superconformal field theories related to \( \mathcal{S} \)-fold theories via partial Higgsing. We determine several properties of both the \( \mathcal{S} \)-fold models and this new class of theories, including their central charges, Coulomb branch spectrum, and moduli spaces of vacua, by bringing to bear an array of field-theoretical techniques, to wit, torus-compactifications of six-dimensional \( \mathcal{N} \) = (1, 0) theories, class \( \mathcal{S} \) technology, and the SCFT/VOA correspondence.
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Giacomelli, S., Meneghelli, C. & Peelaers, W. New \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 superconformal field theories from \( \mathcal{S} \)-folds. J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 22 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2021)022
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