On 5d conformal matter
VirtualQuantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Mario De Marco (UL Brussels) Title: On 5d conformal matter Abstract: SCFTs with 8 supercharges lie at the sweet spot of the classification […]
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During 2025–26, the CMSA will host a seminar on Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics, organized by Robert Moscrop, Ahsan Khan, Chuck Doran, and Keyou Zeng.
This seminar series, a successor to the Quantum Matter Seminar, focuses on all aspects of quantum field theory and its associated mathematics.
The seminar will take place on Mondays from 3:00–4:00 pm.
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The schedule will be updated as talks are confirmed.
Toward constructing a large-scale quantum computer based on TQFT
CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesQuantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Liyuan Chen ( Harvard) Title: Toward constructing a large-scale quantum computer based on TQFT Abstract: Topological quantum computation, motivated by topological quantum […]
Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics
CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesQuantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Kai Xu, Harvard Title: Finite Landscape of 6d N=(1,0) Supergravity Abstract: We present a bottom-up argument showing that the number of massless fields in […]
Comments on Non-Invertible Symmetries in K3 CFTs and the Conway Moonshine Module
CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesQuantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Sarah Harrison, Northeastern Title: Comments on Non-Invertible Symmetries in K3 CFTs and the Conway Moonshine Module Abstract: There is an established connection […]
The Andersen-Kashaev volume conjecture for FAMED geometric triangulations
CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesQuantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Ka Ho Wong (Yale) Title: The Andersen-Kashaev volume conjecture for FAMED geometric triangulations Abstract: In the early 2010s, Andersen and Kashaev defined […]
Homotopical Methods for Free and Interacting Fermionic SPTs
CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesQuantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Cameron Krulewski, MIT Title: Homotopical Methods for Free and Interacting Fermionic SPTs Abstract: We develop and compute homotopical "free-to-interacting maps" to compare […]
Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics
CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesQuantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Matthew Yu (Oxford) Title: A new tangential structure for type IIA string theory Abstract: The Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation condition says that the target […]
The Extended Vertex Algebra of 4d N = 2 SCFTs and their Higher Products
Hybrid - G10Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Mitch Weaver, KAIST Title: The Extended Vertex Algebra of 4d N = 2 SCFTs and their Higher Products Abstract: Every 4d N=2 […]
Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics
CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesQuantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar
An index for 2d invertible phases of quantum many-body systems
CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesQuantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Nikita Sopenko, IAS Title: An index for 2d invertible phases of quantum many-body systems
Orientifolds for F-theory on K3 Surfaces
CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesQuantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Chuck Doran (Alberta/CMSA) Title: Orientifolds for F-theory on K3 Surfaces Abstract: Compactification of F-theory on an elliptically fibered K3 surface provides a framework […]
Non-Supersymmetric Orbifolds, Quivers and Chen-Ruan Orbifold Cohomology
CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesQuantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Max Hübner (Uppsala & CMSA) Title: Non-Supersymmetric Orbifolds, Quivers and Chen-Ruan Orbifold Cohomology Abstract: We consider D3-brane probes of non-supersymmetric orbifolds and IIA on the […]