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\( \mathcal{N}=2 \) supersymmetric Spin(n) gauge theory admits hypermultiplets in spinor representations of the gauge group, compatible with β ≤ 0, for n ≤ 14. The theories with β < 0 can be obtained as mass-deformations of the β = 0 theories, so it is of greatest interest to construct the β = 0 theories. In previous works, we discussed the n ≤ 8 theories. Here, we turn to the 9 ≤ n ≤ 14 cases. By compactifying the D N (2,0) theory on a 4-punctured sphere, we find Seiberg-Witten solutions to almost all of the remaining cases. There are five theories, however, which do not seem to admit a realization from six dimensions.
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Chacaltana, O., Distler, J. & Trimm, A. Seiberg-Witten for Spin(n) with spinors. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 27 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2015)027
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