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We propose dualities of \( \mathcal{N} \) = (0, 2) supersymmetric boundary conditions for 3d \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 gauge theories with orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups. We show that the boundary ’t Hooft anomalies and half-indices perfectly match for each pair of the proposed dual boundary conditions.
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Okazaki, T., Smith, D.J. Seiberg-like dualities for orthogonal and symplectic 3d \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 gauge theories with boundaries. J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 231 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2021)231
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