Quivers, Symmetries and SCFTs

1 Sept 2025, 09:00 → 5 Sept 2025, 18:00 Europe/Rome

Giambiagi (Adriatico, ICTP)

Amihay Hanany (Imperial College, London), Julius Grimminger (Oxford University), Sara Pasquetti (Milano Bicocca), Sergio Benvenuti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Strongly coupled quantum field theories (QFTs) are key to understanding physics across many scales. Conformal field theories (CFTs), the fixed points of renormalization group flow, are crucial for this understanding, yet analyzing them in d>2 is tough. Supersymmetry offers powerful tools; in d>4, superconformal field theories (SCFTs) are our only known interacting CFTs. Lacking standard Lagrangian descriptions, SCFTs provide unique insights into strong coupling. Recent progress using string theory and geometric methods, especially quivers, has proven very effective in tackling these challenges.

Speakers:

Alessandro Tomasiello
Alba Grassi (to be confirmed)
Antoine Bourget
Chiung Hwang
Futoshi Yagi
Gabi Zafrir
Hee-Cheol Kim
Marcus Sperling
Michele Del Zotto
Shagar Hosseini
Shlomo Razamat
Simone Rota