PU High Energy Theory Seminar

One-dimensional sectors from the squashed three-sphere

This talk will be held in PCTS, Room 407 and on Zoom:
https://princeton.zoom.us/j/97195348538?pwd=bEhjczRmbnNIZjNydFpYQXN0bXZWQT09

Abstract: I will show that every three-dimensional N=4 superconformal field theory on the squashed sphere contains a set of protected operators whose correlation functions are governed by a one-dimensional theory. This one-dimensional theory arises from supersymmetric localization with respect to a special supercharge which is not contained in any N=2 subalgebra of the supersymmetry algebra. For theories built out of vector and hypermultiplets I will explicitly construct the one-dimensional theory and discuss its most important properties.

Date & Time

December 03, 2021 | 1:45pm – 3:00pm

Location

Jadwin Hall, PCTS Room 407 & Zoom

Speakers

Pieter Bomans

Affiliation

Princeton University

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