The Coulomb branch of 5d superconformal field theories on a circle

Abstract: I will revisit the Seiberg-Witten description of the Coulomb branch of rank-one 4d N=2 supersymmetric QFTs, including aspects of the global symmetry, from the point of view of rational elliptic surfaces. This will include, in particular, a detailed study of the 5d superconformal field theories with E_n symmetry, compactified on a circle. I will also sketch how to derive BPS quivers from that perspective. Interesting modular properties of the SW geometries will play a key role.

HEP - theory

Audience: researchers in the topic

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Comments: Zoom code: 1234

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Rencontres Théoriciennes

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