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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300532603321

Autore

Ohmori Kantaro

Titolo

Six-Dimensional Superconformal Field Theories and Their Torus Compactifications / / by Kantaro Ohmori

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-13-3092-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 pages)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

530.14

Soggetti

Quantum field theory

String models

Physics

Particles (Nuclear physics)

Quantum Field Theories, String Theory

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Six Dimensional Superconformal Field Theories -- Circle and Torus Compactifications -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis describes the structures of six-dimensional (6d) superconformal field theories and its torus compactifications. The first half summarizes various aspects of 6d field theories, while the latter half investigates torus compactifications of these theories, and relates them to four-dimensional superconformal field theories in the class, called class S. It is known that compactifications of 6d conformal field theories with maximal supersymmetries provide numerous insights into four-dimensional superconformal field theories. This thesis generalizes the story to the theories with smaller supersymmetry, constructing those six-dimensional theories as brane configurations in the M-theory, and highlighting the importance of fractionalization of M5-branes. This result establishes new dualities between the theories with eight supercharges.