| Project Detail |
Conformal and superconformal field theory: higher-spin and/or duality symmetries
Conformal field theories (CFTs) are quantum field theories that are invariant under conformal (angle-preserving) transformations. Superconformal field theories are quantum field theories with the highest symmetries. CFTs possessing higher-spin and/or duality symmetries and their supersymmetric extensions have attracted significant interest over the last decade. With the support of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions programme, the HigherSpinCFT project will develop novel supersymmetric techniques to analyse important questions relating to superconformal field theories and dualities between quantum field and gravity theories. The pioneering project will also study the quantum properties of the recently discovered non-linear generalisation of Maxwells electrodynamics (Modified Maxwell theory), which is conformal and duality invariant, all of relevance to high-energy physics. |
