Anomaly polynomial of general 6D SCFTs

Abstract

We describe a method to determine the anomaly polynomials of general 6d\n$\\mathcal{N}=(2,0)$ and $\\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ SCFTs, in terms of the anomaly\nmatching on their tensor branches. This method is almost purely field\ntheoretical, and can be applied to all known 6d SCFTs. We demonstrate our\nmethod in many concrete examples, including $\\mathcal{N}=(2,0)$ theories of\narbitrary type and the theories on M5 branes on ALE singularities, reproducing\nthe $N^3$ behavior. We check the results against the anomaly polynomials\ncomputed M-theoretically via the anomaly inflow.\n