Superconformal Theories in Six Dimensions
Doctoral thesis, 2006

This thesis consists of an introductory text, which is divided into two parts, and six appended research papers. The first part contains a general discussion on conformal and superconformal symmetry in six dimensions, and treats how the corresponding transformations act on space-time and superspace fields. We specialize to the case with chiral (2,0) supersymmetry. A formalism is presented for incorporating these symmetries in a manifest way. The second part of the thesis concerns the so called (2,0) theory in six dimensions. The different origins of this theory in terms of higher-dimensional theories (Type IIB string theory and M-theory) are treated, as well as compactifications of the six-dimensional theory to supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories in five and four space-time dimensions. The free (2,0) tensor multiplet field theory is introduced and discussed, and we present a formalism in which its superconformal covariance is made manifest. We also introduce a tensile self-dual string and discuss how to couple this string to the tensor multiplet fields in a way that respects superconformal invariance.

String theory

Field theories in higher dimensions

Superconformal symmetry

13.15 Gustaf Dalén-salen, Origovägen 1, Chalmers
Opponent: Professor Massimo Bianchi, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy

Author

Pär Arvidsson

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics

Superconformal symmetry in the interacting theory of (2,0) tensor multiplets and self-dual strings

Journal of Mathematical Physics,;Vol. 47(2006)p. 042301-

Journal article

Thomson scattering of chiral tensors and scalars against a self-dual string

Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP),;Vol. 12(2002)p. 010-

Journal article

The (2,0) supersymmetric theory of tensor multiplets and self-dual strings in six dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP),;Vol. 05(2004)p. 048-

Journal article

Manifest superconformal covariance in six-dimensional (2,0) theory

Journal of High Energy Physics,;Vol. 03(2006)p. 076-

Journal article

Free tensor multiplets and strings in spontaneously broken six-dimensional (2,0) theory

Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP),;Vol. 06(2003)p. 039-

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Supersymmetric coupling of a self-dual string to a (2,0) tensor multiplet background

Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP),;Vol. 11(2003)p. 015-

Journal article

Subject Categories

Subatomic Physics

ISBN

91-7291-768-7

Doktorsavhandlingar vid Chalmers tekniska högskola. Ny serie: 2450

13.15 Gustaf Dalén-salen, Origovägen 1, Chalmers

Opponent: Professor Massimo Bianchi, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy

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10/8/2017