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Hadrons in N=2 supersymmetric QCD from non-Abelian string on 2D black hole

E. Ievlev1, A. Marshakov2,3, G. Sumbatian4, and A. Yung4,5

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Phys. Rev. D 114, 046006 – Published 10 August, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/m1nb-v2s4

Abstract

We continue the study of non-Abelian vortex string in 4D N=2 supersymmetric QCD (SQCD) as critical superstring, and extend this analysis to U(N) gauge theory with arbitrary even N and Nf=2N number of quarks. We introduce a special mass deformation and show that the SQCD hadron spectrum is still given by the string spectrum on the 2D N=2 supersymmetric black hole. We perform a cross-check by computing the multiplicity of hadronic states of the high-energy part of the spectrum both from string and field theory pictures. We also clarify the spontaneous breaking of the global flavor symmetry by the vacuum expectation value of the massless baryon. We finally claim that phase diagram of N=2 SQCD with Nf=2N consists of the Higgs phase at weak coupling and string/hadronic phase at strong coupling, separated by phase transition, and is seen as a conifold transition from the string theory point of view.

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Phys. Rev. D 114, 046006– Published 10 August, 2026
  • Received 24 May 2026
  • Accepted 13 July 2026
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