13:00
Abstract Lego - building 5d SCFTs from M-theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds
Abstract
Placing M-theory on a non-compact Calabi-Yau threefold allows us to construct low energy field theories in 5d with minimal supersymmetry, in a limit in which gravity is decoupled. We venture into this topic by introducing all the building blocks we hope to capture in a 5d SCFT. Next, from the geometric perspective we realise the 5d gauge theory data from the objects within the Calabi-Yau geometry, given by curves, divisors, rulings, and singularities. After seeing how the geometry captures all the possible field theory data, we illustrate how to build some simple 5d SCFTs by placing M-theory on toric Calabi-Yau threefolds.
Junior Strings is a seminar series where DPhil students present topics of common interest that do not necessarily overlap with their own research area. This is primarily aimed at PhD students and post-docs but everyone is welcome.
12:00
A general hierarchy of charges for sub-leading soft theorems at all orders
Abstract
$ν_μ$ from the Southern Sky
interactions for $\mathbf{80~GeV<E_ν<560~GeV}$ with IceCube DeepCore
with IceCube
Generalized Chiral Potts Models
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