Conveners
Parallel Session Wednesday: Strings / Mathematicals Physics II
- Craig Lawrie (T (Theorie))
I briefly demonstrate the presence of non-invertible symmetries in an infinite family of superconformal Argyres-Douglas theories. This class of theories arises from diagonal gauging of the flavor symmetry of a collection of multiple copies of $D_p(SU(N))$ theories. The same set of theories that we study can also be realized from 6d $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ compactification on a torus. The main...
We analyze infinite-distance limits in the complex structure moduli space of six-dimensional F-theory, giving an algebro-geometric classification and a physical interpretation. From the point of view of the Swampland Program, the motivation is to understand the fate of open-moduli infinite-distance limits in relation with the Distance Conjecture. From an F-theory perspective, the...
The weak gravity conjecture claims that a consistent quantum gravity theory must include states, called super-extremal states, whose gauge forces mediate interactions stronger than gravity. A stronger variant of this conjecture is the tower weak gravity conjecture (tWGC), which predicts an infinite tower of super-extremal states in every direction of the charge lattice of the theory under...
The Holographic Principle considerably contributed to our understanding of quantum gravity, information theory and strongly coupled systems over the last few decades. Although its best-studied realisation arguably lies within the AdS/CFT correspondence, it is expected to apply in much more general circumstances. Of particular interest may be holographic dualities that involve gravity duals...
The pure spinor superfield formalism gives a systematic and geometric
technique to construct supersymmetric field theories from
algebro-geometric input data. Crucially, this procedure provides
superfield descriptions where the actions of the supersymmetries is
strict and which are compatible with twisting. In this talk, I will
demonstrate the merits of the formalism using the example...
