Truly Confining Supersymmetric Gauge Theories

TL;DR

This paper classifies truly confining supersymmetric gauge theories where no center charges are screened, Wilson loops show an area law, and magnetic operator condensation occurs, revealing novel phenomena like multiple branches and zero superpotential cases.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive classification of t-confining supersymmetric gauge theories, highlighting new phenomena such as multiple branches and zero superpotential cases.

Findings

Identification of magnetic operator condensation in all cases

Discovery of theories with more than three branches

Observation of a theory with vanishing superpotential

Abstract

We classify ``truly confining'' (t-confining) supersymmetric gauge theories, in which no center charges can be screened, and Wilson loops in the fundamental representation are therefore expected to exhibit an area law. In all cases, we identify the condensation of certain ``magnetic'' operators. Many of them have more than three branches, and one with vanishing superpotential, a phenomenon not previously observed.