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We study three-dimensional \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 Spin(7) gauge theories with NS spinorial matters and with Nf vectorial matters. The quantum Coulomb branch on the moduli space of vacua is one- or two-dimensional depending on the matter contents. For particular values of (Nf , NS ), we find s-confinement phases and derive exact superpotentials. The 3d dynamics of Spin(7) is connected to the 4d dynamics via KK-monopoles. Along the Higgs branch of the Spin(7) theories, we obtain 3d \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 G2 or SU(4) theories and some of them lead to new s-confinement phases. As a check of our analysis we compute superconformal indices for these theories.
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Nii, K. Exact results in 3d \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 Spin(7) gauge theories with vector and spinor matters. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 17 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2018)017
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