22.02.2023 (Wednesday)

Extended operators in 4d N=2 SCFTs and vertex algebras

Journal Club Matteo Lotito (SNU)

at:
12:00 QMUL
room 610
abstract:

Local Schur operators in 4d N=2 SCFTs form a protected class of operators giving rise to a 2d vertex operator algebra. Following the local operator picture, we introduce classes of conformal extended operators (lines, surfaces) and study these in twisted Schur cohomology. We show how these operators support a vertex algebra structure, extending the VOA picture of local Schur operators.