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We present various confinement phases in three-dimensional \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 Spin(N) gauge theories with vector and spinor matters. The quantum Coulomb branch in the moduli space of vacua is drastically modified when the rank of the gauge group and the matter contents are changed. In many examples, the Coulomb branch is one- or two-dimensional but its interpretation varies. In some examples, the Coulomb branch becomes three-dimensional and we need to introduce a “dressed” Coulomb branch operator.
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Nii, K. Confinement in 3d \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 Spin(N) gauge theories with vector and spinor matters. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 113 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2019)113
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