Date Apr 23, 2018, 2:30 pm – 2:30 pm Location Jadwin A06 Share on X Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Speaker Mikhail Vasiliev Affiliation Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow Presentation "From Coxeter Higher-Spin Theories to Strings and Tensor Models" Details Event Description A new class of higher-spin gauge theories associated with various Coxeter groups is proposed. The emphasize is on the $B_p$--models. The multi-particle $B_2$--higher-spin theory is conjectured to be associated with String Theory. $B_p$--higher-spin models with $p>2$ are anticipated to be dual to the rank-$p$ boundary tensor sigma-models. $B_p$ higher-spin models with $p\geq 2$ possess two coupling constants responsible for higher-spin interactions in $AdS$ background and stringy/tensor effects, respectively. Consistency of the holographic interpretation of the boundary matrix-like model in the $B_2$-HS model is shown to demand $N\geq 4$ SUSY, suggesting duality with the $N=4$ SYM upon spontaneous breaking of HS symmetries.