PIRSA:16120018

6D SCFTs and Group Theory

Rudelius, T. (2016). 6D SCFTs and Group Theory. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/16120018

Rudelius, Tom. 6D SCFTs and Group Theory. Perimeter Institute, Dec. 09, 2016, https://pirsa.org/16120018 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:16120018,
            doi = {10.48660/16120018},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/16120018},
            author = {Rudelius, Tom},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
            language = {en},
            title = {6D SCFTs and Group Theory},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2016},
            month = {dec},
            note = {PIRSA:16120018 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Tom Rudelius

Harvard University

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The past few years have seen a surge of interest in six-dimensional superconformal field theories (6D SCFTs).  Notably, 6D SCFTs have recently been classified using F-theory, which relates these theories to elliptically-fibered Calabi-Yau manifolds.  Classes of 6D SCFTs have remarkable connections to structures in group theory and therefore provide a physical link between two seemingly-unrelated mathematical objects.  In this talk, we describe this link and speculate on its implications for future studies of 6D SCFTs.