Maxime Trepanier
PhD
Research interests
I am interested in extended operators in superconformal field theories and the wide array of nonperturbative techniques used to study them. In my work I mostly focus on the surface operators of the 6d N=(2,0) theories, which I study using a combination of holography, supersymmetry and CFT techniques.
In particular, together with my collaborators I have constructed new classes of BPS surfaces with interesting expectation value. They offer a new playground for precision tests of holography and other methods, as well as give a window into the dynamics of M5-branes.
Publications
Teaching
Selected publications:
- N. Drukker and M. Trépanier, “Observations on BPS observables in 6d,” J. Phys. A 54 no. 20, (2021) 205401, arXiv 2012.11087.
- N. Drukker, M. Probst, and M. Trépanier, “Defect CFT techniques in the 6d N = (2, 0) theory,” JHEP 03 (2021) 261, arXiv: 2009.10732.
- N. Drukker, M. Probst, and M. Trépanier, “Surface operators in the 6d N = (2, 0) theory,” J. Phys. A 53 no. 36, (2020) 365401, arXiv: 2003.12372.
Publications affiliated with ITMP:
- Drukker, N.; Trépanier, M. (2022). "Ironing out the crease". arXiv: 2204.12627 [hep-th]. doi: 10.1007/JHEP08(2022)193.
- Drukker, N.; Trepanier, M. (2021). "M2-doughnuts". Journal of High Energy Physics. 02 (2022) 071. arXiv: 2111.09385 [hep-th]. doi: 10.1007/JHEP02(2022)071.
