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Redeeming bad theories

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We give a Seiberg-like dual description of the interacting superconformal infrared fixed point of \( \mathcal{N}=4 \) gauge theory in three dimensions with vanishing Chern Simons level and N c ≤ N f < 2N c fundamental flavors. These theories are known as “bad” theories due to the existence of unitarity violating monopole operators. We show that, in a dual description, all such operators are realized by free fields and the remainder theory is the Seiberg-like dual previously identified using the type IIB brane construction.

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Yaakov, I. Redeeming bad theories. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 189 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2013)189

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