Lecture 8: N = 4 SUSY Yang-Mills III: BPS spectrum and S-duality.

Lecture 7: N = 4 SUSY Yang-Mills II: AdS/CFT

Lecture 6: N = 4 SUSY Yang-Mills I: basic properties. Superconformal invariance.

Lecture 4: Multiplets of N = 1 supersymmetry in four dimensions. Superfields. Constructing invariant Lagrangians.

Lecture 3: Supersymmetric quantum mechanics and index theorems. Localisation.

Supersymmetry is a remarkable invariance property of physical theories which extends the usual notion of a symmetry algebra to allow for the inclusion of fermionic generators. Field theories with supersymmetry exhibit many physically relevant phenomena such as quark confinement, dynamical symmetry breaking and non-perturbative dualities in a setting where they can be studied precisely using analytic methods. Supersymmetric QFTs have also played a key role in the development of the AdS/CFT correspondence, for which they provide the best understood examples. In this course, Dr. Nick Dorey will give an overview of these developments emphasizing those things which we can calculate exactly.

Details & registration here.  [Registration is not required to attend, but it's helpful for expanding future Mini Course options and for facilitating communications!]

Mini Course: Introduction to Supersymmetric QFT

[Series Starting Thursday April 18, 2024]

Welcome Ceremony for new faculty members joining OIST, and PhD students joining the Class of 2024.

The ceremony is open to all OIST community members and will be held at the Auditorium.

The GS-hosted International Graduate School Administration Forum at OIST planned for 14^th and 15^th March. The Forum will serve as an arena where like-minded individuals in the academic administrative field will gather to exchange ideas and develop a deeper understanding of successfully running an international graduate school in Japan.

Guest Speaker Prof Tom Froese

"Papers, Grants, and Writing"