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There has recently been a surge of new ideas and results for 2+1 dimensional gauge theories. We consider a recently proposed duality for 2+1 dimensional QCD, which predicts a symmetry-breaking phase. Using the F-theorem, we find bounds on the range of parameters for which the symmetry-breaking phase (and the corresponding duality) can occur. We find exact bounds for an SU(2) gauge theory, and approximate bounds for an SU(N) gauge theory with N > 2.
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Sharon, A. QCD3 dualities and the F-theorem. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 78 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2018)078
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