PIRSA:17020125 Scientific Series Quantum Fields and Strings

DOI10.48660/17020125

Series: Quantum Fields and Strings

Beasley, C. (2017). Supersymmetry and Legendrian Knots. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/17020125

Beasley, Chris. Supersymmetry and Legendrian Knots. Perimeter Institute, Feb. 28, 2017, https://pirsa.org/17020125 

@misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:17020125,
  doi = {10.48660/17020125},
  url = {https://pirsa.org/17020125},
  author = {Beasley, Chris},
  keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
  language = {en},
  title = {Supersymmetry and Legendrian Knots},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2017},
  month = {feb},
  note = {PIRSA:17020125 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
}

Abstract

I will discuss a new class of supersymmetric Wilson loop operators in pure N=2 Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory. These Wilson loops preserve one supercharge on-shell and wrap arbitrary Legendrian knots in the standard contact R^3.  I will also explain a relation, motivated by a global picture of contact three-manifolds, between these loop operators and chiral current algebra in two dimensions.  This talk is directly related to, but independent of, my preceding Friday talk in the Mathematical Physics seminar.

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