• Date & Place: 

Lecture 1:  Philsang Yoo (Tsinghua University)

Time: 2022/02/22 (Tue) 15:00-17:00  

Place: 129-406

 

Lecture 2:  Philsang Yoo (Seoul National University)

Time: 2022/03/04 (Fri) 16:00-17:00  

Place: 129-301

 

• Title:  Introduction to Supersymmetric Field Theories

• Abstract:

Quantum field theories have been an important source of exciting mathematics in the last few decades. In particular, supersymmetric field theories form a primary class of examples, study of which led to subjects such as mirror symmetry and the theory of Seiberg-Witten invariants. In this lecture series, we aim to provide a gentle introduction to supersymmetric field theories. In the first lecture, we discuss what one means by a field theory and introduce supersymmetry algebras. In the second lecture, we explain some concrete examples of supersymmetric field theories. Time permitting, we discuss the idea of a twist, which is a crucial step for applications to mathematics.