Justin Kulp (Perimeter) Holomorphic Twists and Confinement in N=1 SYM @Harvard CMSA 10/04/2022

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Time: Oct 4, Tue 9:30 am -11 am ET

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Justin Kulp (Perimeter Institute)

Title: Holomorphic Twists and Confinement in N=1 SYM

Abstract: Supersymmetric QFT's are of long-standing interest for their
high degree of solvability, phenomenological implications, and rich
connections to mathematics. In my talk, I will describe how the
holomorphic twist isolates the protected quantities which give SUSY
QFTs their potency by restricting to the cohomology of one
supercharge. I will briefly introduce infinite dimensional symmetry
algebras, generalizing Virasoro and Kac-Moody symmetries, which
emerge. Finally, I will explain a potential novel UV manifestation of
confinement, dubbed "holomorphic confinement," in the example of pure
SU(N) super Yang-Mills. Based on arXiv:2207.14321 and 2 forthcoming
works with Kasia Budzik, Davide Gaiotto, Brian Williams, Jingxiang Wu,
and Matthew Yu.

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