I will survey some properties of the 6d (2,0) theories that can
be determined using only their symmetries. In particular, I will
discuss their anomalies, moduli spaces, ADE classification, and the
relation to 5d super Yang-Mills.
We start by reviewing the gauging of the superconformal
symmetriesin BLG and ABJ(M) theories and some of the features of
the resulting theories. These include a new type of SO(N) theories
with 8 supersymmetries which turn out to have a number of...
I will introduce polynomial congruences and indicate why number
theorists might care about them. I will then describe reciprocity
laws which predict the number of solutions to a polynomial
congruence in terms of discrete subgroups of Lie groups. The...
Six dimensional superconformal quantum field theories are in
between the most interesting quantum systems whose existence is
guaranteed by stringy arguments. In this seminar I am going to
discuss some aspects of their geometric engineering using F...
Four sets of results in lattice QCD thermodynamics matured to a
well-established status in recent years: the nature of the
transition, the transition temperature, the equation of state and
various fluctuations. This means, that all systematic...
There is growing evidence that the central charges a and c count
degrees of freedom of four-dimensional conformal field theories. I
will present further support for this connection in a
supersymmetric context by demonstrating that they may be...
