Overview
- Written by leading experts in the field
- Reviews exhaustively the key recent research into supersymmetric quantum field theory
- Explores connections with string theory
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Mathematical Physics Studies (MPST)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book reviews a number of spectacular advances that have been made in the study of supersymmetric quantum field theories in the last few years. Highlights include exact calculations of Wilson loop expectation values, and highly nontrivial quantitative checks of the long-standing electric-magnetic duality conjectures
The book starts with an introductory article presenting a survey of recent advances, aimed at a wide audience with a background and interest in theoretical physics. The following articles are written for advanced students and researchers in quantum field theory, string theory and mathematical physics, our goal being to familiarize these readers with the forefront of current research.
The topics covered include recent advances in the classification and vacuum structure of large families of N=2 supersymmetric field theories, followed by an extensive discussion of the localisation method, one of the most powerful tools for exact studies of supersymmetric field theories. The quantities that have been studied in this way are partition functions, expectation values of line operators, and supersymmetric indices.
The book also reviews recently discovered connections between SUSY field theories in four dimensions and two-dimensional conformal field theory. These connections have a counterpart in relations between three-dimensional gauge theories and Chern-Simons theory; the book’s closing chapters explore connections with string theory.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Dualities of Supersymmetric Gauge Theories
Editors: Jörg Teschner
Series Title: Mathematical Physics Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18769-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18768-6Published: 26 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34472-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18769-3Published: 17 November 2015
Series ISSN: 0921-3767
Series E-ISSN: 2352-3905
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 467
Topics: Quantum Field Theories, String Theory, Mathematical Physics