Higher spin symmetry and its breaking in CFTs

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• Alexander Zhiboedov (Princeton)
• Tuesday 12 February 2013, 13:00-14:00
• Potter Room (first floor, Pav. B).

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I will review the use of higher spin symmetry in conformal field theories (CFTs). First, I will demonstrate that the theory is essentially free when the higher spin symmetry is present. Then I will discuss different ways of breaking the higher spin symmetry. This will lead to the idea of 3d bosonization and prediction of certain critical exponents in the 3d Ising model.

This talk is part of the Quantum Fields and Strings Seminars series.

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