On the Global Form of the Flavor Symmetry Group of Twisted A_{2N} Class S Theories
Session Number
1
Advisor(s)
Dr. Anderson Trimm, IMSA
Location
A 147
Discipline
Physical Science
Start Date
15-4-2026 10:15 AM
End Date
15-4-2026 11:00 AM
Abstract
Class S theories are four-dimensional N=2 superconformal field theories which arise from compactification of six-dimensional (2,0) theories on a punctured Riemann surface. Each puncture is associated with a Lie algebra. The resulting class S theory has a flavor symmetry which is the direct sum of these Lie algebras, which is sometimes enhanced to a larger algebra. We discuss the global form of flavor symmetries in certain class S theories arising from twisted compactifications of the (2,0) theories of type A_{2N}, which are the least-studied class S theories.
On the Global Form of the Flavor Symmetry Group of Twisted A_{2N} Class S Theories
A 147
Class S theories are four-dimensional N=2 superconformal field theories which arise from compactification of six-dimensional (2,0) theories on a punctured Riemann surface. Each puncture is associated with a Lie algebra. The resulting class S theory has a flavor symmetry which is the direct sum of these Lie algebras, which is sometimes enhanced to a larger algebra. We discuss the global form of flavor symmetries in certain class S theories arising from twisted compactifications of the (2,0) theories of type A_{2N}, which are the least-studied class S theories.