Seminar on QFT and Geometry | Survey of some 3d N=2 localization

Time：Friday, 3:00-5:00 pm June 28, 2024

Venue：Jingzhai 218

Organizer：Myungbo Shim, Nicolai Reshetikhin, Babak Haghighat

Speaker：Myungbo Shim YMSC, Tsinghua University

Abstract

We review general results of N=2 supersymmetric localization on non singular 3-manifolds(closed, oriented). In specific, review the general philosophy and collect some formulae which frequently appear in other contexts involving 3d supersymmetric partition functions. We discuss some generalization to singular manifolds or 3-manifolds with boundary (for example, a half index).

DATEJune 27, 2024

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