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We find a large class of two-dimensional \( \mathcal{N} \) = (0, 2) SCFTs obtained by compactifying four-dimensional \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 quiver gauge theories on a Riemann surface. We study these theories using anomalies and c-extremization. The gravitational duals to these fixed points are new AdS3 solutions of IIB supergravity which we exhibit explicitly. Along the way we uncover a universal relation between the conformal anomaly coefficients of fourdimensional and two-dimensional SCFTs connected by an RG flow across dimensions. We also observe an interesting novel phenomenon in which the superconformal R-symmetry mixes with baryonic symmetries along the RG flow.
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Benini, F., Bobev, N. & Crichigno, P.M. Two-dimensional SCFTs from D3-branes. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 20 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2016)020
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