# The anomaly field theories of six-dimensional (2,0) superconformal theories

## TL;DR

This paper constructs 7-dimensional quantum field theories that encode the anomalies of six-dimensional (2,0) superconformal theories, providing insights into their conformal blocks and topological data requirements.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel 7D framework for understanding anomalies in 6D (2,0) theories and details the data needed for their topologically non-trivial configurations.

## Key findings

- Explicit construction of 7D anomaly field theories
- Explanation of conformal blocks in this framework
- Specification of data for non-trivial spacetime and R-symmetry bundles

## Abstract

We construct 7-dimensional quantum field theories encoding the anomalies of conformal field theories with (2,0) supersymmetry in six dimensions. We explain how the conformal blocks of the (2,0) theories arise in this context. A result of independent interest is a detailed specification of the data required to define a (2,0) theory with topologically non-trivial spacetime and R-symmetry bundle.