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Existence of IR SCFT for SU(N) Type III theory with three antisymmetric pairs plus Nf fundamentals

Prove that the four-dimensional N=1 SU(N) gauge theory with three rank-2 antisymmetric A and three conjugate antisymmetric \widetilde{A} chiral multiplets, and Nf pairs of fundamental Q and anti-fundamental \widetilde{Q} (with superpotential W=0) flows to an interacting superconformal field theory in the infrared for all integers N and Nf satisfying 0 \le Nf < 6.

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Background

This SU(N) Type III model parallels N=4 matter content in rank-2 form and shows a=c≈(1/4)dim G at large N with sparse spectra. The a-maximization analysis is consistent with an interacting IR SCFT across the stated Nf range.

These theories are potentially holographic and exhibit short flows.

References

We therefore conjecture that this theory flows to an interacting SCFT for $0 \leq N_f < 6$.

Large N Universality of 4d N=1 SCFTs with Simple Gauge Groups (2510.19136 - Cho et al., 21 Oct 2025) in Section 4.16 (3 A + 3 \overline{A} + Nf (Q + \overline{Q})), Conformal window