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SUMMARY:Aspects of 5d SCFTs and their gauge theory phases - Michele Del-Zo
 tto (Durham)
DTSTART:20190131T130000Z
DTEND:20190131T140000Z
UID:TALK117094@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Dr. Carl Turner
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will revist the geometric engineering of five-d
 imensional supersymmetric conformal field theories (SCFTs) in M-theory aft
 er Intrilligator\, Morrison and Seiberg. This esablishes a conjectural bij
 ection assigning to each local isolated Calabi-Yau three-fold singularity 
 a five-dimensional superconformal field theory and viceversa. Focusing on 
 the toric case\, I will discuss applications of IIA/M-theory fiberwise dua
 lity to characterizing the possible gauge theory phases of these systems. 
 This geometric setup clarifies the notion of “UV duality” for such the
 ories. Along the way\, I will provide a novel gauge theoretical expression
  for the 5d prepotential\, accounting correctly for the 5d parity anomaly.
  Based on the preprint arXiv:1812.10451\, with Cyril Closset and Vivek Sax
 ena.
LOCATION:Potter Room (first floor\, Pav. B)
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