Non-toric 5d SCFTs from Reid’s Pagoda
Abstract
A bstract We construct new families of non-toric 5d SCFTs via abelian orbifolds of the Reid Pagoda, including a surprising infinite family of rank-1 theories, that evade all known classifications. Using the McKay correspondence, we derive their BPS quivers and superpotentials. The hallmark of these theories is a novel sector we dub Pagoda matter , whose vacuum expectation values obstruct the Kähler moduli. This mechanism freezes the gauge coupling to infinite value, precluding a weak-coupling limit and rendering the theories intrinsically strongly coupled. Finally, we interpret these results as 5d SCFTs deformed by non-constant flavor backgrounds.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Volume
- 2026
- Issue
- 6
- Publication date
- 11 June 2026
- Language
- EN