PIRSA:19030121

3d N=2 gauge theories, Seifert geometry and fibering operators

Closset, C. (2019). 3d N=2 gauge theories, Seifert geometry and fibering operators. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/19030121

Closset, Cyril. 3d N=2 gauge theories, Seifert geometry and fibering operators. Perimeter Institute, Mar. 26, 2019, https://pirsa.org/19030121 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:19030121,
            doi = {10.48660/19030121},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/19030121},
            author = {Closset, Cyril},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
            language = {en},
            title = {3d N=2 gauge theories, Seifert geometry and fibering operators},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2019},
            month = {mar},
            note = {PIRSA:19030121 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Cyril Closset University of Oxford

DOI 10.48660/19030121
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

I will give an overview of recent results on three-dimensional N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories placed on arbitrary half-BPS geometries. In particular, I will explain an explicit computation of the supersymmetric partition function on any Seifert three-manifold; such manifolds can have very intricate and interesting topology (for instance, a nice example is the Poincaré sphere) and can provide new interesting observables in 3d SCFTs. I will also discuss to which extent these results exhibit a generalisation of the 3d TQFT structure of Chern-Simons theory to non-topological (but supersymmetric) theories.