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Baryon Charges in 4d Superconformal Field Theories and Their AdS Duals

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We consider general aspects of the realization of R and non-R flavor symmetries in the AdS 5×H 5 dual of 4d =1 superconformal field theories. We find a general prescription for computing the charges under these symmetries for baryonic operators, which uses only topological information (intersection numbers) on H 5. We find and discuss a new correspondence between the nodes of the SCFT quiver diagrams and certain divisors in the associated geometry. We also discuss connections between the non-R flavor symmetries and the enhanced gauge symmetries in non-conformal theories obtained by adding wrapped branes.

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Intriligator, K., Wecht, B. Baryon Charges in 4d Superconformal Field Theories and Their AdS Duals. Commun. Math. Phys. 245, 407–424 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-003-1023-1

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