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4d mirror-like dualities

We construct a family of $4d$ $\mathcal{N}=1$ theories that we call $E^σ_ρ[USp(2N)]$ which exhibit a novel type of $4d$ IR duality very reminiscent of the mirror duality enjoyed by the $3d$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ $T^σ_ρ[SU(N)]$ theories. We obtain the $E^σ_ρ[USp(2N)]$ theories from the recently introduced $E[USp(2N)]$ theory, by following the RG flow initiated by vevs labelled by partitions $ρ$ and $σ$ for two operators transforming in the antisymmetric representations of the $USp(2N) \times USp(2N)$ IR symmetries of the $E[USp(2N)]$ theory. These vevs are the $4d$ uplift of the ones we turn on for the moment maps of $T[SU(N)]$ to trigger the flow to $T^σ_ρ[SU(N)]$. Indeed the $E[USp(2N)]$ theory, upon dimensional reduction and suitable real mass deformations, reduces to the $T[SU(N)]$ theory. In order to study the RG flows triggered by the vevs we develop a new strategy based on the duality webs of the $T[SU(N)]$ and $E[USp(2N)]$ theories.