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Description
The mapping of the dilatation operator of planar N=4 SYM to an integrable spin chain has led to tremendous progress in understanding the spectrum of the theory, both perturbative and non-perturbative. Gauge theories will less supersymmetry have received less attention. In this talk I will review recent progress in understanding the spin chains for planar N=2 superconformal theories obtained by orbifolding N=4 SYM and then marginally deforming. Although these spin chains have not been shown to be integrable, they still have more structure than one would naively expect.
I will discuss a range of techniques, including the Bethe ansatz and the superconformal index, which can be used to extract relevant information about the spectrum of these theories.
