13.03.2024 (Wednesday)

Vertex algebras in SUSY QFT across dimensions

Triangular Seminar Mykola Dedushenko (Simons Center for Geometry and Physics)

at:
16:30 QMUL
room David Sizer Lecture Theatre
abstract:

I will describe a construction relating the Vertex Operator Algebra (VOA) of a 4d N=2 superconformal field theory (SCFT) to the boundary VOA in 3d N=4 QFT, and to the VOA in 2d QFT. Besides unifying several known constructions, this also draws connections to many other interesting problems, among which are the novel rank-zero 3d N=4 SCFTs emerging in the high-temperature limit of a 4d SCFT "on the second sheet".