Lecturer: Dr. Clay Cordova
Affiliation: Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
Abstract:
I will describe several recently posed
conjectures that relate the BPS
particle spectrum in 4d N=2 theories to
supersymmetric local operators. I will
apply these ideas to compute the
superconformal indices of strongly
coupled N=2 CFTs and explain how
the results interplay with recent results
relating 2d chiral algebras to 4d CFTs.
Time permitting, I will also explain how
to determine the spectrum of local
operators bound to a defect using
similar ideas.
Additional details of the upcoming Joint
Seminars in Theoretical High Energy Physics
can be found on the following link.