During 2024–25, the CMSA will host a seminar on Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics, organized by Ahsan Khan, Robert Moscrop, and Sunghyuk Park.

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 Fridays at 9:00–10:30 am (Eastern Time) through October. In November, seminars will be held from 10:00–11:30 am. To learn how to attend this seminar, please fill out this form.

The schedule will be updated as talks are confirmed.

Going to the other side …. in algebra, topology, and maybe physics

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

Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Speaker: Sergei Gukov (Caltech) Title: Going to the other side .... in algebra, topology, and maybe physics Abstract: Inspired by Eugene Wigner's reflections on […]

Holography and Regge Phases at Large U(1) Charge

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

Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Giulia Fardelli, Boston University Title: Holography and Regge Phases at Large U(1) Charge Abstract: A single Conformal Field Theory (CFT) can have […]

Dolbeault Virasoro algebra and M5 branes

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

Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Brian Williams, Boston University Title: Dolbeault Virasoro algebra and M5 branes Abstract: The worldvolume theory on a stack of M5 branes in […]

Bosonic and fermionic 1-form symmetries and anomaly matching

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

Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar *via Zoom only* Speaker: Rajath Radhakrishnan (ICTP, Trieste) Title: Bosonic and fermionic 1-form symmetries and anomaly matching Abstract: In this talk, I will consider […]

The spin-statistics theorem for TFTs

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

Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Luuk Stehouwer, Dalhousie University Title: The spin-statistics theorem for TFTs Abstract: In quantum field theory (QFT) the spin-statistics theorem says that in […]

Representations of minimal W-algebras: unitarity and modular invariance

Virtual

Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Victor Kac (MIT) Title: Representations of minimal W-algebras: unitarity and modular invariance Abstract: The minimal W-algebras, obtained by quantum Hamiltonian reduction from affina […]

Emergent Non-Invertible Symmetries —The Adjoint QCD Example

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

Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Shani Nadir Meynet (Uppsala) Title: Emergent Non-Invertible Symmetries — The Adjoint QCD Example Abstract: After reviewing some general properties of generalized symmetries […]