Classification of N=2 supersymmetric CFT_{4}s: Indefinite Series

TL;DR

This paper classifies four-dimensional N=2 superconformal field theories using geometric engineering and Kac-Moody algebra results, revealing three sectors including a novel indefinite class linked to hyperbolic singularities.

Contribution

It introduces a new classification of N=2 superconformal theories based on indefinite Kac-Moody algebras and geometric singularities, expanding the understanding of complex surface hierarchies.

Findings

Existence of three sectors of N=2 IR CFT4s.

Explicit examples of K3 surfaces with hyperbolic singularities.

Hierarchy of indefinite complex geometries with unique signatures.

Abstract

Using geometric engineering method of 4D $\mathcal{N}=2$ quiver gauge theories and results on the classification of Kac-Moody (KM) algebras, we show on explicit examples that there exist three sectors of $\mathcal{N}=2$ infrared CFT$_{4}$s. Since the geometric engineering of these CFT$_{4}$s involve type II strings on K3 fibered CY3 singularities, we conjecture the existence of three kinds of singular complex surfaces containing, in addition to the two standard classes, a third indefinite set. To illustrate this hypothesis, we give explicit examples of K3 surfaces with H$_{3}^{4}$ and E$_{10}$ hyperbolic singularities. We also derive a hierarchy of indefinite complex algebraic geometries based on affine $A_{r}$ and T$%_{(p,q,r)}$ algebras going beyond the hyperbolic subset. Such hierarchical surfaces have a remarkable signature that is manifested by the presence of poles.