Interacting Superconformal Gauge Theories in 3d and Multiple M2-Branes (Part II)

por Sorokin Dmitri (INFN Sezione di Padova (Italia))

miércoles 18 feb. 2009 16:00 → 17:00 Europe/Madrid

Sala Seminarios (Dpto. de Física Teórica (UVEG))

We give a basic overview of recent progress in the construction of conformal theories describing the interaction of supersymmetric Chern-Simons gauge fields with matter supermultiplets in three-dimensional space-time and their interpretation as effective theories of coincident membranes in M-theory. The discussion includes the consideration of N=8 supersymmetric Bagger-Lambert-Gustavsson models based on the notion of the 3-algebra and their N=6 counterpart due to Aharony, Bergman, Jafferis and Maldacena.