Surface operators and duality relations in N=2 gauge theories - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Surface operators and duality relations in N=2 gauge theories Alberto Lerda Università del Piemonte Orientale and INFN – Torino, Italy Trieste, 10 July 2018

This talk is mainly based on: S.K. Ashok, M. Billò, E. Dell’Aquila, M. Frau, V. Gupta, R.R. John and A. L., • “Surface operators, dual quivers and residues” , arXiv:1807.xxxxx S.K. Ashok, S. Ballav, M. Billò, E. Dell’Aquila, M. Frau, R.R. John and A. L., • “Surface operators in conformal SQCD” , arXiv:180y.yyyyy S.K. Ashok, M. Billò, E. Dell’Aquila, M. Frau, V. Gupta, R.R. John and A. L., • “Surface operators in 5d gauge theories and duality relations” , JHEP 1805 (2018) 046 , arXiv:1712.06946 S.K. Ashok, M. Billò, E. Dell’Aquila, M. Frau, V. Gupta, R.R. John and A. L., • “Surface operators, chiral rings and localization in N=2 theories” , JHEP 1711 (2017) 137 , arXiv:1707.08922 S.K. Ashok, M. Billò, E. Dell’Aquila, M. Frau, R.R. John and A. L. , “Modular and • duality properties of surface operators in N=2* gauge theories” , JHEP 1707 (2017) 068 , arXiv:1702.02833 but it builds on a very vast literature …

Plan of the talk 1. Introduction 2. Surface operators in N=2 gauge theories 3. Duality relations 4. Conclusions

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