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We use localization techniques to study duality in 𝒩 = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories in three dimensions. Specifically, we consider a duality due to Aharony involving unitary and symplectic gauge groups, which is similar to Seiberg duality in four dimensions, as well as related dualities involving Chern-Simons terms. These theories have the possibility of non trivial anomalous dimensions for the chiral multiplets and were previously difficult to examine. We use a matrix model to compute the partition functions on both sides of the duality, deformed by real mass and FI terms. The results provide strong evidence for the validity of the proposed dualities. We also comment on a recent proposal for recovering the exact IR conformal dimensions in such theories using localization.
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Willett, B., Yaakov, I. 𝒩 = 2 dualities and Z-extremization in three dimensions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 136 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2020)136
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