Ongoing

Swampland Program

CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge

During the 2021–2022 academic year, the CMSA will host a program on the so-called “Swampland.” The Swampland program aims to determine which low-energy effective field theories are consistent with nonperturbative quantum gravity considerations. Not […]

CMSA Colloquium 9/15/2021 – 5/25/2022

CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge

During the 2021–22 academic year, the CMSA will be hosting a Colloquium, organized by Du Pei, Changji Xu, and Michael Simkin. It will take place on Wednesdays at 9:30am – 10:30am (Boston time). The […]

Fusion Category Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory

Speaker: Yifan Wang (NYU) Title: Fusion Category Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory Abstract: Topological defects provide a modern perspective on symmetries in quantum field theory. They generalize the familiar inverti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p82wzcicCk8&t=72s ble […]

The stability of charged black holes

Abstract: Black holes solutions in General Relativity are parametrized by their mass, spin and charge. In this talk, I will motivate why the charge of black holes adds interesting dynamics to […]

11/4/21 CMSA Interdisciplinary Science Seminar

Title: Exploring Invertibility in Image Processing and Restoration Abstract: Today’s smartphones have enabled numerous stunning visual effects from denoising to beautification, and we can share high-quality JPEG images easily on the internet, […]