Dr Cyril Closset

Status

Visiting Professor, Research Fellow, Lecturer

I am a Royal Society University Research Fellow in mathematical physics. The main focus of my research is on mathematical and "formal" aspects of Quantum Field Theory (QFT) in the presence of supersymmetry. The underlying "big question" is: How do we use supersymmetry to learn more about QFT at strong coupling? Along the way, there are quite a few beautiful mathematical structures to be uncovered. Many of the problems that I work on arise in string theory, or have deep relations to it.

Contact form

+44 1865 615202

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6019-989X

Research groups

Mathematical Physics

Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG

Recent publications

5d and 4d SCFTs: canonical singularities, trinions and S-dualities

Closset, C Giacomelli, S Schafer-Nameki, S Wang, Y Journal of High Energy Physics volume 2021 issue 5 (28 May 2021)

Coulomb and Higgs branches from canonical singularities. Part 0

Closset, C Schafer-Nameki, S Wang, Y Journal of High Energy Physics volume 2021 issue 2 (01 Feb 2021)

Three-dimensional N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories and partition functions on Seifert manifolds: a review

Closset, C Kim, H International Journal of Modern Physics A volume 34 issue 23 (20 Aug 2019)

’t Hooft anomalies and the holomorphy of supersymmetric partition functions

Closset, C Di Pietro, L Kim, H Journal of High Energy Physics volume 2019 issue 8 (07 Aug 2019)

Five-dimensional SCFTs and gauge theory phases: an M-theory/type IIA perspective

Closset, C Del Zotto, M Saxena, V SciPost Physics volume 6 issue 5 (01 May 2019)