Description
I will discuss how gauging 0-form discrete symmetries modifies the Higgs and Coulomb branches of theories with eight supercharges. I will focus on two classes of examples: 4d N = 2 SQCD and 5d rank-one SCFTs. In the latter case, I will discuss how string theory connects the HB and CB realizations of these symmetries, and how the construction suggests the existence of 5d rank-one SCFTs with non-simply laced flavour groups.
