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arxiv: 1709.02496 · v1 · pith:WRVWA643new · submitted 2017-09-08 · ✦ hep-th

E-String Theory on Riemann Surfaces

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords theoryarbitrarycompactificationsdimensionse-stringfournumberriemann
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We study compactifications of the 6d E-string theory, the theory of a small E_8 instanton, to four dimensions. In particular we identify N=1 field theories in four dimensions corresponding to compactifications on arbitrary Riemann surfaces with punctures and with arbitrary non-abelian flat connections as well as fluxes for the abelian sub-groups of the E_8 flavor symmetry. This sheds light on emergent symmetries in a number of 4d N=1 SCFTs (including the `E7 surprise' theory) as well as leads to new predictions for a large number of 4-dimensional exceptional dualities and symmetries.

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