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We study the Coulomb branch of class \( {\mathcal{S}}_k \) \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 SCFTs by constructing and analyzing their spectral curves.
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Coman, I., Pomoni, E., Taki, M. et al. Spectral curves of \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 theories of class \( {\mathcal{S}}_k \) . J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 136 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2017)136
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