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We conjecture that $W$ gravity can be interpreted as the gauge theory of $phi$ diffeomorphisms in the space of dimensionally-reduced $D=2+2$ $SU^*(infty)$ Yang-Mills instantons. These $phi$ diffeomorphisms preserve a volume-three form and are those which furnish the correspondence between the dimensionally-reduced Plebanski equation and the KP equation in $(1+2)$ dimensions. A supersymmetric extension furnishes super-$W$ gravity. The Super-Plebanski equation generates self-dual complexified super gravitational backgrounds (SDSG) in terms of the super-Plebanski second heavenly form. Since the latter equation yields $N=1~D=4~SDSG$ complexified backgrounds associated with the complexified-cotangent space of the Riemannian surface, $(T^*Sigma)^c$, required in the formulation of $SU^*(infty)$ complexified Self-Dual Yang-Mills theory, (SDYM ); it naturally follows that the recently constructed $D=2+2~N=4$ SDSYM theory- as the consistent background of the open $N=2$ superstring- can be embedded into the $N=1~SU^*(infty)$ complexified Self-Dual-Super-Yang-Mills (SDSYM) in $D=3+3$ dimensions. This is achieved after using a generalization of self-duality for $D>4$. We finally comment on the the plausible relationship between the geometry of $N=2$ strings and the moduli of $SU^*(infty)$ complexified SDSYM in $3+3$ dimensions.
Strings in $mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric ${rm U}(1)^N$ gauge theories with $N$ hypermultiplets are studied in the generic setting of an arbitrary Fayet-Iliopoulos triplet of parameters for each gauge group and an invertible charge matrix. Although the string tension is generically of a square-root form, it turns out that all existing BPS (Bogomolnyi-Prasad-Sommerfield) solutions have a tension which is linear in the magnetic fluxes, which in turn are linearly related to the winding numbers. The main result is a series of theorems establishing three different kinds of solutions of the so-called constraint equations, which can be pictured as orthogonal directions to the magnetic flux in ${rm SU}(2)_R$ space. We further prove for all cases, that a seemingly vanishing Bogomolnyi bound cannot have solutions. Finally, we write down the most general vortex equations in both master form and Taubes-like form. Remarkably, the final vortex equations essentially look Abelian in the sense that there is no trace of the ${rm SU}(2)_R$ symmetry in the equations, after the constraint equations have been solved.
Recently a very interesting three-dimensional $mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric theory with $SU(3)$ global symmetry was discussed by several authors. We denote this model by $T_x$. This was conjectured to have two dual descriptions, one with explicit supersymmetry and emergent flavor symmetry and the other with explicit flavor symmetry and emergent supersymmetry. We discuss a third description of the model which has both flavor symmetry and supersymmetry manifest. We then investigate models which can be constructed by using $T_x$ as a building block gauging the global symmetry and paying special attention to the global structure of the gauge group. We conjecture several cases of $mathcal{N}=2$ mirror dualities involving such constructions with the dual being either a simple $mathcal{N}=2$ Wess-Zumino model or a discrete gauging thereof.
We introduce two new N = (2, 2) vector multiplets that couple naturally to generalized Kahler geometries. We describe their kinetic actions as well as their matter couplings both in N = (2, 2) and N = (1, 1) superspace.
Massless flows between the coset model su(2)_{k+1} otimes su(2)_k /su(2)_{2k+1} and the minimal model M_{k+2} are studied from the viewpoint of form factors. These flows include in particular the flow between the Tricritical Ising model and the Ising model. Form factors of the trace operator with an arbitrary number of particles are constructed, and numerical checks on the central charge are performed with four particles contribution. Large discrepancies with respect to the exact results are observed in most cases.
Massless flows from the coset model su(2)_k+1 otimes su(2)_k /su(2)_2k+1 to the minimal model M_k+2 are studied from the viewpoint of form factors. These flows include in particular the flow from the Tricritical Ising model to the Ising model. By analogy with the magnetization operator in the flow TIM -> IM, we construct all form factors of an operator that flows to Phi_1,2 in the IR. We make a numerical estimation of the difference of conformal weights between the UV and the IR thanks to the Delta-sum rule; the results are consistent with the conformal weight of the operator Phi_2,2 in the UV. By analogy with the energy operator in the flow TIM -> IM, we construct all form factors of an operator that flows to Phi_2,1. We propose to identify the operator in the UV with sigma_1Phi_1,2.