PIRSA:13110061

Insightful supersymmetry

Poppitz, E. (2013). Insightful supersymmetry. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/13110061

Poppitz, Erich. Insightful supersymmetry. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 27, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13110061 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:13110061,
            doi = {10.48660/13110061},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/13110061},
            author = {Poppitz, Erich},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {Insightful supersymmetry},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2013},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:13110061 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Erich Poppitz University of Toronto

DOI 10.48660/13110061
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

It has recently been realized that some studies of supersymmetric gauge theories, when properly interpreted, lead to insights whose importance transcends supersymmetry. I will illustrate the insightful nature of supersymmetry by two examples having to do with the microscopic description of the thermal deconfinement transition, in non-supersymmetric pure Yang-Mills theory and in QCD with adjoint fermions. A host of strange ``topological" molecules will be seen to be the major players in the confinement-deconfinement dynamics. Interesting connections between topology, ``condensed-matter" gases of electric and magnetic charges, and attempts to interpret the divergent perturbation series will emerge. Much of the presentation will be aimed at non-experts.