E 8 instantons on type-A ALE spaces and supersymmetric field theories

Abstract

Abstract We consider the 6d superconformal field theory realized on M5-branes probing the E 8 end-of-the-world brane on the deformed and resolved ℂ 2/ℤ k singularity. We give an explicit algorithm which determines, for arbitrary holonomy at infinity, the 6d quiver gauge theory on the tensor branch, the type-A class S description of the T 2 compactification, and the star-shaped quiver obtained as the mirror of the T 3 compactification.

Keywords

• Supersymmetry and Duality
• Field Theories in Higher Dimensions
• Field Theories in Lower Dimensions