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We show that there are many compact subsets of the moduli space Mg of Riemann surfaces of genus g that do not intersect any symmetry locus. This has interesting implications for \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) supersymmetric conformal field theories in four dimensions.
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Donagi, R., Morrison, D.R. Conformal field theories and compact curves in moduli spaces. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 21 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2018)021
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