Sporadic dualities from tensor deconfinement

Abstract

In this paper we give a field theory explanation of two confining dualities that have been proposed in the literature based on exact results from supersymmetric localization. The first confining model under investigation is 4d SU(Nc + 1) SQCD with a conjugate rank-2 anti-symmetric tensor, Nc + 3 anti-fundamentals, 2Nc fundamentals and a superpotential that couples the anti-symmetric tensor and the fundamentals. The second confining model studied here is 3d$$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 USp(4) gauge SQCD with two fundamentals, two rank-2 anti-symmetric tensors and vanishing superpotential. Here we prove that these models are confining by using the technique of deconfining the anti-symmetric tensors and then by flowing to the IR description by sequential dualities. As a bonus the analysis provides (alternative) proofs of the identities obtained from supersymmetric localization.