• On the Coulomb branch scaling dimensions of 4d N=2 SCFTs

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Member Seminar Speaker: Robert Moscrop Title: On the Coulomb branch scaling dimensions of 4d N=2 SCFTs Abstract: To each four dimensional N=2 superconformal field theory of rank-r, one can associate an r-tuple of […]

  • A simple model for universal quantum computation

    Virtual

    Freedman CMSA Seminar Speaker: Michael Freedman Title: A simple model for universal quantum computation Abstract: I’ll present joint (unpublished) work with Charlie Marcus on a surprisingly simple – and potentially […]

  • Foundation Seminar

    Quantum Effects Inside Black Holes

    Black Hole Initiative, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Joint CMSA/BHI Foundation Seminar Location: BHI seminar room Speaker: Noa Zilberman, Princeton Title: Quantum Effects Inside Black Holes Abstract: Astrophysical black holes are known to be rotating. Within classical General […]

  • Nonlinear Bosonization of (Non-)Fermi Liquids

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Yi-Hsien Du (MIT) Title: Nonlinear Bosonization of (Non-)Fermi Liquids Abstract: Fermi liquid theory is a cornerstone of condensed matter physics. I will show how to […]

  • CMSA Q&A Seminar

    CMSA Q&A Seminar: Edgar Shaghoulian

    Common Room, CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Edgar Shaghoulian, UC Santa Cruz Topic: What are the main questions in quantum gravity today?

  • A homotopy of 2d SCFTs and an implication for Topological Modular Forms

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Vivek Saxena (YITP Stony Brook and NHETC Rutgers) Title: A homotopy of 2d SCFTs and an implication for Topological Modular Forms Abstract: […]

  • Smooth projective fibrations over the projective line and their sections

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Member Seminar Speaker: Iacopo Brivio Title: Smooth projective fibrations over the projective line and their sections Abstract: Suppose $f\colon X\to \mathbf{CP}^1$ is a smooth projective fibration, is it then true that $f$ has […]

  • Topological to Gravitational Leptogenesis, via Ultra Unification 

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Juven Wang (LIMS, Royal Institution) Title: Topological to Gravitational Leptogenesis, via Ultra Unification Abstract: We propose a new mechanism for leptogenesis, named Topological […]

  • Blob homology

    Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Sunghyuk Park, Harvard CMSA Title: Blob homology