Beem–Rastelli Higgs branch conjecture for four-dimensional N=2 SCFTs

Let T\mathcal{T} be a four-dimensional N=2N=2 superconformal field theory, let Φ(T)\Phi(\mathcal{T}) be its associated vertex algebra, and let HiggsTHiggs_{\mathcal{T}} denote its Higgs branch. Write XΦ(T)X_{\Phi(\mathcal{T})} for the associated variety of the vertex algebra. Beem–Rastelli conjecture. One has

HiggsT=XΦ(T).Higgs_{\mathcal{T}}=X_{\Phi(\mathcal{T})}.

The conjecture proposes that the Higgs-branch geometry of a four-dimensional N=2N=2 SCFT is exactly captured by the associated variety of its two-dimensional vertex algebra. The supplied text gives examples where the equality is known and says that the general statement is expected, but provides no resolution.

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Primary source

Tomoyuki Arakawa, “Representation theory of W-algebras and Higgs branch conjecture”, arXiv:1712.07331 (2017).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2017). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1712.01945.

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