On W-algebras and the symmetries of defects of 6d \(\mathcal{N} = \left( {2,0} \right)\) theory

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2011)043zbMath1301.81155arXiv1102.0076MaRDI QIDQ475993

Yuji Tachikawa

Publication date: 27 November 2014

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.0076

zbMATH Keywords

M-theorybrane dynamics in gauge theoriessupersymmetric gauge theoryconformal and W symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Applications of group representations to physics and other areas of science (20C35)

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