The landscape of 3d mirror pairs

by Prof. Zhenghao Zhong (SIMIS)

Tuesday 21 Oct 2025, 10:30 → 11:30 Asia/Shanghai

B105 (CHEP)

For three-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories with eight supercharges, there exists a unique duality known as 3d mirror symmetry. Under this correspondence, the moduli space of vacua―the Coulomb branch (Higgs branch) of one theory―is identified with the Higgs branch (Coulomb branch) of its mirror dual. This powerful duality provides an indirect means of studying theories through their mirror counterparts. In this talk, I will discuss recent progress that significantly expands the known landscape of 3d mirror pairs, including new examples involving mixed unitary and special unitary gauge groups as well as non-linear quivers. Finally, I will introduce a new algorithm that systematically identifies mirrors and enables the bootstrapping of new mirror pairs.

Bio:
Zhenghao Zhong completed his PhD at imperial college london specializing in supersymmetric field theories and brane dynamics. He later on did a postdoc at university of Oxford before going to Shanghai Institute for Mathematicd and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SIMIS) as an assistant professor. His current research interest is supersymmetric theory with eight supercharges and ZX calculus.

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