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SUMMARY:"Topological sectors\, supersymmetric localization\, and holography
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DESCRIPTION:Featuring Silviu Pufu\, Princeton University\n\nPart of the HET
	 Seminar Series.\n\nCorrelation functions are interesting observables in qu
	antum field theory that are very hard to compute away from perturbative exp
	ansions.  I will describe recent work where\, in supersymmetric theories\, 
	exact computations of such observables are possible using the technique of 
	supersymmetric localization.  I will focus on three-dimensional superconfor
	mal field theories (SCFTs) with {\cal N} = 4 supersymmetry\, where the oper
	ators I study form a one-dimensional topological sector.  In the special ca
	se of 3d SCFTs with AdS_4 holographic duals\, I will describe the bulk dual
	s of the corresponding topological sectors.  This yields instances of a 2d/
	1d holographic duality where the bulk theories are weakly coupled and the b
	oundary theories are exactly solvable.
LOCATION:PRB 595\, 3 Cummington Mall\, 02215
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