String Theory Seminars

5D Super-Yang-Mills and M5-branes

by Dr Harvendra Singh (SINP, Kolkata)

Asia/Kolkata
A304 (Colaba Campus)

A304

Colaba Campus

Description
The M5-branes are magnetically dual cousins of M2-branes. But writing down an interacting field theory for multiple M5-branes has remained an elusive goal so far. Recent constructions of various membrane theories, such as ABJM and BLG Chern-Simons matter theories, has led to some understanding that gauge-fields are the vital building blocks in M-theory as well. I shall present an unique way to uplift the cosmetic structure of 5D SYM to a 6-dimensional framework. The new 6-dimensional theory acquires scale invariance.