The hitchhiker's guide to 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories

Superconformal field theory with $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetry in four dimensional spacetime provides a prime playground to study strongly coupled phenomena in quantum field theory. Its rigid structure ensures valuable analytic control over non-perturbative effects, yet the theory is still flexible...

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Published in:SciPost Physics Lecture Notes
Main Author: Mohammad Akhond, Guillermo Arias-Tamargo, Alessandro Mininno, Hao-Yu Sun, Zhengdi Sun, Yifan Wang, Fengjun Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciPost 2022-10-01
Online Access:https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysLectNotes.64
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Summary:Superconformal field theory with $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetry in four dimensional spacetime provides a prime playground to study strongly coupled phenomena in quantum field theory. Its rigid structure ensures valuable analytic control over non-perturbative effects, yet the theory is still flexible enough to incorporate a large landscape of quantum systems. Here we aim to offer a guidebook to fundamental features of the 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories and basic tools to construct them in string/M-/F-theory. The content is based on a series of lectures at the Quantum Field Theories and Geometry School (https://sites.google.com/view/qftandgeometrysummerschool/home) in July 2020.
ISSN:2590-1990

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